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Name: Ashkun

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Ashkund; Ashkuni; Wamayi; Wamai; Askun; Wamais

Spoken in: Afghanistan

Number of speakers: 1,200 (2000) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 2000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 1200 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: ask

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)

Parent Subgroup: Nuristani; Nūristānī; Kafiri (nuri)

Child Dialects: Suruviri; Wamai (ask-sur) Ashuruveri; Kolata; Titin Bajaygul; Ashūru-vēri (ask-ash) Gramsukraviri; Gramsəra-vīri; Suruviri; Wamai (ask-gra)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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