Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Native toAfghanistan
Extinct1950s[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wsv
Glottologwota1240
ELPWotapuri-Katarqalai

Wotapuri-Katarqalai is an Indo-Aryan language documented to have been spoken in Afghanistan. It is unknown if the language still has active speakers. The most recent documentation of its use was published in 1983, when it was purported that it was in use in Katar-qala but unlikely to be extant in Wotapur.[2]

Phonology

Below is set out the phonology of the Wotapuri-Katarqalai language.[3]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː ə o oː
Open a aː

Consonants

Labial Coronal Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɳ
Stop Plain p t ʈ k q
Aspirated pʰ [f] tʰ ʈʰ kʰ
Voiced b d ɖ ɡ
Affricate Plain ts tʂ tʃ
Aspirated tsʰ tʂʰ tʃʰ
Voiced (dz) dʒ
Fricative Plain s ʂ ʃ x h
Voiced z
Lateral Plain l
Fricative ɬ ~ l̥
Rhotic r ɽ
Semivowel j w

References

  1. ^ Wotapuri-Katarqalai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. ^ Ėdelʹman, Dzohoĭ Iosifovna (1983). The Dardic and Nuristani Languages. "Nauka" Publishing House, Central Department of Oriental Literature, 1983.
  3. ^ Edelman, D. I. (1983). The Dardic and Nuristani Languages. Moscow: (Institut vostokovedenii︠a︡ (Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR). p. 139.


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