Alternate Names: Ashkund, Ashkuni, Wamais, Wamayi
Dialects: Ashuruviri (Kolata, Titin Bajaygul), Gramsukraviri, Suruviri (Wamai). Not intelligible with the other Nuristani languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 40,000 (2011), increasing. 4,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 40,000.
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. 36,000 also use Northern Pashto [pbu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Poetry.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Afghanistan
Other Comments: Spoken in the central and western Nuristan valleys, which also divide divergent dialects. Muslim (Sunni).