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Article: Die Sprache von Nisheygram im afghanischen Hindukusch.(Review)
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- July 1, 2000
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Die Sprache von Nisheygram im afghanischen Hindukusch. By ALMUTH DEGENER. Neuindische Studien, vol. 14. Wiesbaden: HARRASSOWITZ VERLAG, 1998. Pp. ix + 588. DM 114.
The Nuristani (formerly known as Kafiri) languages of the isolated valleys of northeastern Afghanistan have long fascinated linguists on account of their archaic character and apparent status as an independent branch of the Indo-Iranian protofamily. But the documentation of the Nuristani languages and dialects has been and continues to be spotty and insufficient, due for the most part to the ongoing difficulty, both geographical and political, of gaining access to Nuristan. Since the pioneering field ...