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Ormurca
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Also known as Ormuri language, Ormuri dialect, Urmuri, Baraki, Ormur, Ormui, Bargista

Ormuri ( ), also known as Baraki or Bargista, is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. It is primarily spoken by the Burki people in the town of Kaniguram in South Waziristan. A small number of speakers are also found in Logar, Afghanistan. The language belongs to the Eastern-Iranian language group. The extremely small number of speakers makes Ormuri an endangered language that is considered to be in a "threatened" state.

Key facts

Language.name
Ormuri
Language.nativename
اورموړی
Language.image
Ormuri.svg
Language.altname
Baraki, Ormur, Ormui, Bargista
Language.states
Pakistan
Language.region
South Waziristan
Language.date
2004
Language.ref
e18
Language.familycolor
Indo-European
Language.fam2
Indo-Iranian
Language.fam3
Iranian
Language.fam4
Southeastern
Language.fam5
Ormuri–Parachi
Language.script
Perso-Arabic
Language.iso3
oru
Language.glotto
ormu1247
Language.glottorefname
Ormuri
Language.mapscale
1.0

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Country
Iran
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topic's main category
Category:Ormuri language
number of speakers, writers, or signers
1050
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