Wotapuri-Katarqalai language

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Wotapuri-Katarqalai is an Indo-Aryan language documented to have been spoken in Afghanistan. It is unknown if the language still has active speakers. 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.[2]

Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Native toAfghanistan
Extinct1950s (may have some active speakers)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wsv
Glottologwota1240
ELPWotapuri-Katarqalai

Phonology

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Below is set out the phonology of the Wotapuri-Katarqalai language.[3]

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

Consonants

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

References

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  1. ^ Wotapuri-Katarqalai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ Ėdelʹman, Dzohoĭ Iosifovna (1983). The Dardic and Nuristani Languages. "Nauka" Publishing House, Central Department of Oriental Literature, 1983.
  3. ^ Edelman, D. I. (1983). The Dardic and Nuristani Languages. Moscow: (Institut vostokovedenii︠a︡ (Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR). p. 139.