Wotapuri-Katarqalai language

Wotapuri-Katarqalai is an Indo-Aryan language documented to have been spoken in Afghanistan. It is unknown if the language still has active speakers, or is extinct.^[2][3] The most recent documentation of its use was published in 1983, when it was proposed that the language was in use in Katar-qala [Wikidata] and unlikely to be extinct in Wotapur [nl].^[1] In September 2023, there were just 3 senior male speakers (1 in Katar-qala and 2 in Quro) living in the valley reported to Sviatoslav Kaverin who was conducting field research there.^{[citation needed]}

Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Native to	Afghanistan
Region	Watapur District
Native speakers	3 (2023)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Kohistani Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Dialects	Wotapuri Katarqalai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wsv
Glottolog	wota1240
ELP	Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Wotapuri-Katarqalai is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

Below is set out the phonology of the Wotapuri-Katarqalai language.^[4]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u 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