Wotapuri-Katarqalai language

Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Native toAfghanistan
RegionWatapur District
Eralast attested 1983[1]
Dialects
  • Wotapuri
  • Katarqalai
Language codes
ISO 639-3wsv
Glottologwota1240
ELPWotapuri-Katarqalai
Wotapuri-Katarqalai is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Wotapuri-Katarqalai is an Indo-Aryan language documented to have been spoken in Afghanistan. It is unknown if the language still has active speakers, or is extinct. The most recent documentation of its use was published in 1983, when it was proposed that the language was in use in Katar-qala [Wikidata] and unlikely to be extinct in Wotapur [nl].[1] In September 2023, there were just 3 senior male speakers (1 in Katar-qala and 2 in Quro) living in the valley reported to Sviatoslav Kaverin who was conducting field research there.

Phonology

Below is set out the phonology of the Wotapuri-Katarqalai language.[2]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː ə o oː
Open a aː

Consonants

Labial Coronal Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɳ
Stop Plain p t ʈ k q
Aspirated pʰ [f] tʰ ʈʰ kʰ
Voiced b d ɖ ɡ
Affricate Plain ts tʂ tʃ
Aspirated tsʰ tʂʰ tʃʰ
Voiced (dz) dʒ
Fricative Plain s ʂ ʃ x h
Voiced z
Lateral Plain l
Fricative ɬ ~ l̥
Rhotic r ɽ
Semivowel j w

References

  1. ^ a b Ėdelʹman, Dzhoĭ Iosifovna (1983). The Dardic and Nuristani Languages. "Nauka" Publishing House, Central Department of Oriental Literature, 1983.
  2. ^ Edelman, D. I. (1983). The Dardic and Nuristani Languages. Moscow: (Institut vostokovedenii︠a︡ (Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR). p. 139.


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