Ormuri

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
oru
Alternate Names
Baraki, Bargista, Berki, Birki, Brakee, Braki, Burki, Ormar, Ormari, Ormui, Ormur, Urmar, Urmuri, Warmaro
User Population

5,000 in Pakistan (2018), decreasing. Total users in all countries: 5,050.

Location

Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: South Wazirstan agency, Kaniguram.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Ormuri-Parachi
Dialects

Kanigurami. Lexical similarity: 27% with Waneci [wne], 25%–33% with Pashto dialects.

Language Use

Also use Central Pashto [pst]. Also use Urdu [urd].

Language Development

Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ormuri
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].

Other Comments

Conflict in the Waziristan area from 2003 to 2017 has caused the displacement of Kaniguram’s population to the settled districts of Pakistan, such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar, and Karachi (Zeb 2020).

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