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Name:
Waigali
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kalasa-alā; Waigalī; Wai-alā; Waigeli; Kalasha-ala; Wai-ala; Kalasha-Ala; Suki; Wai; Wai-Ala; Waigala; Waigalii; Zhonjigali
Spoken in:
Afghanistan
Number of speakers:
1,500 (Van Driem 2000)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1500
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
wbk
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Nuristani; Nūristānī; Kafiri (nuri)
Child Dialects:
Chima-Nishey (wbk-chi)
Varjan; Varjhan-alā (wbk-var)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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