#ashkun
September 29, 2026 at 10:02 PM
September 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
October 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
On that note, I am not fully onboard that Prasun is a Nuristani language (i.e., belongs together with Katë and Ashkun–Kalasha). It’s not Indo-Aryan or Iranic either; perhaps a secret fourth thing.
July 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
... we see the same disimilation in PIIr *j̑ij̑ʰu̯áħ ‘tongue’:

- Katë diz
- Prasun luzúg
- Ashkun žu if from older *dižú
(Nur. Kalasha ǰip ← Indo-Aryan)

This is different from the disimilation seen in Iranic, already Avestan hizuu̯ā.
September 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Nuristani languages have a strange word for ‘milk’:
- Katë ʣu
- Ashkun zɵ̄
- Kalasha zor

Prasun has ḍug, but Prasun in general looks different (IMO) than other Nuristani languages.

Turner chose Sanskrit havís- ‘oblation’ as cognate to what he must have supposed (Pre-)Proto-Nuristani *ʣawís-, ...
February 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
... cognates in Nuristani seem to be true inheritances:

- Kalasha watr (Degener 1998)
- Ashkun ẓatr ↦ ẓatā́r (Strand 2008)
- Tregami ẓatr (Morgenstierne 1952)
- Katë ṛ̆otr ↦ ṛ̆adór (Halfmann 2024)
- Prasun ẓëṭ (Buddruss 2017)

Within Indo-Aryan, the Insular languages are an exception since they ...
February 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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March 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM