Askunu language

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Askunu

Spoken in: Afghanistan

Region: Pech Valley

Total speakers: 1,200 (Ethnologue)

Language family: Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Nuristani
Askunu

Official status

Official language of: none

Regulated by: no official regulation

Language codes

ISO 639-1: none

ISO 639-2: none

ISO/FDIS 639-3:

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Askunu is a language of Afghanistan spoken by the Askunu, Sanu, and Gramsana people in the region of Pech Valley around Wama, northwest of Asadabad in Kunar province. The most used alternative name for all three tribes is Ashkun, which is first noted by George Scott Robertson in 1896.

It is classified as member of the Nuristani sub-family of the Indo-Iranian languages.

[edit] References

The Âskunu. Retrieved July 02, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].

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