Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Wotapuri-Katarqalai was an Indo-European language once spoken in Afghanistan.
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Wotapuri-Katarqalai is a Dardic 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 and unlikely to be extinct in Wotapur. 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.
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Words in Wotapuri-Katarqalai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | maniS* | |
| name | nam* | |
| eye | ans* | |
| ear | kan* | |
| nose | nyet* | |
| tooth | dan* | |
| tongue | zib* | |
| hand | at* | |
| blood | rat* | |
| bone | ador* | |
| skin | potak* | |
| knee | zaNgu* | |
| breast | sina* | |
| water | pyani* | |
| fire | aNgar* | |
| sun | sir* | |
| star | tar* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | dar* | |
| tree | zil* | |
| leaf | par* | |
| night | ryad* | |
| dog | kuCur* | |
| fish | maCet* | |
| one | yek* | |
| two | du* | |
| I | au* | |
| you | tu* | |
| we | mu* | |
| drink | po* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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