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| Northeastern Katë | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Afghanistan,Pakistan |
| Region | Nuristan,Kunar,Chitral |
Native speakers | 1,500 (Pakistani speakers only) (2003)[1][2] |
| Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsh |
| Glottolog | kati1270 |
Northeastern Katë is adialect of theKatë language spoken by theKata in parts ofAfghanistan andPakistan. It also includes the so-calledShekhani dialect spoken inChitral district ofKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[3]
There are several subdialects spoken in the upperLandai Sin Valley. It is also spoken inChitral District, inGobor and the upperBumboret Valley inPakistan.
According to Halfmann (2024), the primary innovations of the Northeastern dialect include secondary vowel length from monophthongization of vowel +v, a progressive suffix-t-, and epenthesis of original*tr and*dr clusters.
In August 2022, Pakistani linguist, Rehmat Aziz Chitrali proposed a keyboard toKhowar Academy, Chitral.[4]
Speakers of Eastern Katë dialects migrated fromKamdesh inNuristan in modern-dayAfghanistan toLutkuh Valley inChitrali Princely State inBritish Raj during the 19th century.[5] Most speakers in Pakistan speak eitherPashto or Khowar as a second language. Many native speakers often marry the minorityPashtuns in the area.[6]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ə | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
| Person | Direct | Oblique | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | sg. | ũ,ũċ | ĩ,yẽ |
| pl. | imú | ||
| 2nd | sg. | tyu | tu |
| pl. | šo | ||
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