Kata-vari dialect

Kata-vari is a variety of Kamkata-viri spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Chitral District). It has two dialects, Eastern Kata-vari or Shekhani and Western Kata-vari. It is spoken by 40,000 people.

Kata-vari
Kati
Native to	Afghanistan, Pakistan
Region	Nuristan, Kunar, Chitral
Native speakers	134,010 (2017)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Northern Kamkata-vari Kata-vari
Writing system	Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bsh
Glottolog	kati1270
ELP	Kati