ISO 639-3 shd | Native speakers 700 (2005) Glottolog kund1257 | |
Language family Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanDardicShinaKundal Shahi | ||
Kundal Shahi is an endangered Dardic language of Pakistan. Speakers are shifting to Hindko.
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Phonology
The following tables set out the phonology of Kundal Shahi.
Vowels
Kandal Shahi is unusual amongst Dardic languages in that it has front rounded vowels.
Consonants
Like Kashmiri, Kundal Shahi is unusual amongst Dardic languages in that it lacks retroflex fricatives and affricates.
Tone
Kundal Shahi, like many Dardic languages, has either phonemic tone or, as in Kundal Shahi, pitch accent. Words may have only one accented mora, which is associated with high pitch; the remaining mora have a default or low pitch.
References
Kundal Shahi language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA