Wotapuri-Katarqalai language

Wotapuri-Katarqalai is an extinct Dardic language of the Kohistani group spoken in Afghanistan.

Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Native toAfghanistan
Extinct1 speaker found in 1955[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wsv
Glottologwota1240
ELPWotapuri-Katarqalai

Phonology

Below is set out the phonology of the Wotapuri-Katarqalai language.[2]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i iːu 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 (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Edelman, D. I. (1983). The Dardic and Nuristani Languages. Moscow: (Institut vostokovedenii︠a︡ (Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR). p. 139.


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