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Name: Prasuni
Alternate Names: Prasun; Veruni; Parun; Wasi-Veri; Veron; Verou; Wasi-weri; Pārūnī
Spoken in: Afghanistan
Number of speakers: 1,000 (2000) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 2000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 1000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: prn
Code Authority: ISO 639-3
Code Standard: SIL
Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup: Nuristani; Nūristānī; Kafiri (nuri)
Child Dialects: Upper Wasi-Weri; Upper Wasi-weri (prn-upp) Central Prasun; Central Wasi-weri (prn-cen) Lower Prasun; Ushut; Lower Wasi-weri (prn-low)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable

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