The position of Nuristani language in Indo-Aryan languages family

Abstract

There are many local languages in Afghanistan, and one of them is the Nuristani language. Nuristani language has speakers in Nuristan province of Afghanistan. In the past, many people considered the Nuristani language to be part of the family of Dardic languages while others believed that it is the third independent branch of the Indo-Aryan language family. The purpose of this study is to evaluate which of the above perspectives is more dominant. Also, in the past, due to a lack of research, most people thought that the languages spoken in some parts of Nuristan, Laghman, and Kunar provinces were all different languages and it is not Nuristani language, but after research, it has been proven that all the languages spoken in Nuristan and other neighboring provinces are not spoken languages, but dialects of the Nuristani language. Nuristani language is also a single language and other languages spoken in Nuristan province are Nuristani dialects. The study used a library-based qualitative research method and exploratory research design, which used various theoretical books. The study also criticized the present method of adjective determiner and classification. The study revealed that it is the third independent branch of the Indo-Aryan language family.