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Preferred term

wbkWaigali  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Waigali is a language spoken by the Kalasha of the Waigal Valley in Afghanistans Nuristan Province. The native name is Kalaṣa-alâ Kalasha-language'. "Waigali" refers to the dialect of the Väy people of the upper part of the Waigal Valley, centered on the town of Waigal, which is distinct from the dialect of the Čima-Nišei people who inhabit the lower valley. The word "Kalasha" is the native ethnonym for all the speakers of the southern Nuristani languages.

Entry terms

  • Waigali language

ISO 639-3 code

  • wbk

Notation

  • wbk

In other languages

  • Waigali

    French

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/wbk

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