Northeastern Katë dialect

According to Halfmann (2024), the primary innovations of the Northeastern dialect include secondary vowel length from monophthongization of vowel + v, a progressive suffix -t-, and epenthesis of original *tr and *dr clusters. == Orthography ==

In August 2022, Pakistani linguist, Rehmat Aziz Chitrali proposed a keyboard to Khowar Academy, Chitral. == History ==

Speakers of Eastern Katë dialects migrated from Kamdesh in Nuristan in modern-day Afghanistan to Lutkuh Valley in Chitrali Princely State in British Raj during the 19th century. Most speakers in Pakistan speak either Pashto or Khowar as a second language. Many native speakers often marry the minority Pashtuns in the area. == Phonology ==

Consonants • Sounds /ʒ ɽ ɣ/ occur from neighboring languages. /f x/ are borrowed from loanwords mainly from Khowar or Yidgha. • /ʈ/ can also be heard as an allophone [ɽ]. • [j] is heard as an allophone of /i/. • /v/ can also be heard as bilabial [β] or a labial approximant [w]. Vowels • Mid /ə/ can be heard as a close central [ɨ]. == Vocabulary ==

Pronouns Numbers • e, ev • dyu • tëre • štëvó • puč • ṣu • sut • uṣṭ • nu • duċ • yaníċ • diċ • tëríċ • šturéċ • pčiċ • ṣeċ • stiċ • ṣṭiċ • neċ • vëċë́ == Further reading ==