Kamkata-vari language

Kamkata-vari
Katë, Kati
Kâmkata-vari
Native to	Afghanistan, Pakistan
Region	Nuristan, Kunar, Chitral
Native speakers	150,000 (2011-2017)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Northern Kamkata-vari
Dialects	Kata-vari Kamviri Mumviri Shekhani
Writing system	Arabic script (Nastaliq)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: bsh – Kati xvi – Kamviri
Glottolog	kati1270
ELP	Kati
Linguasphere	58-ACB-a

Kamkata-vari (Kâmkata-vari), also known as Katë or Kati, is the largest Nuristani language. It contains the main dialects Kata-vari, Kamviri and Mumviri. Kata-vari and Kamviri are sometimes erroneously reckoned as two separate languages, but according to linguist Richard Strand they form one language.^[2]

The Kamkata-vari language is spoken by 40,000–60,000 people, from the Kata, Kom, Mumo, Kshto and some smaller Black-Robed tribes in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are dialectal differences of the Kamkata-vari speakers of Pakistan. The most used alternative names for the language are Kati or Bashgali.