Kamviri () is a dialect of the Kamkata-vari language spoken by 5,000 to 10,000 of the Kom people of Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are slight dialectal differences of the Kamviri speakers of Pakistan. The most used alternative names are Kati, Kamozi, Shekhani or Bashgali. Phonology The inventory as described by Richard Strand. In addition, there is stress. The neutral articulatory posture, as in the reduced vowel , consists of the tip of the tongue behind the lower teeth and a raised tongue root is linked with a raised larynx, producing a characteristic pitch for unstressed vowels of about an octave above the pitch of a relaxed larynx. Consonants Sounds are found in loanwords. Between vowels, voice to . can also be heard as bilabial or a labial approximant . For most speakers, and especially in Kombřom, becomes a retroflex flap . becomes a velar tap . One suffix voices to for most speakers. are phonetic affricates. Nasals voice a following obstruent. Laminal consonants change a following from to . Vowels is after another vowel, after a laminal consonant and after . For some speakers, it is after . Otherwise it is or . Vocabulary Pronouns: 1sg. õć (nominative), ĩa (accusative), ĩ (genitive) 1pl. imo (nominative/genitive), imoa (accusative) 2sg. tū (nominative), tua (accusative), tu (genitive) 2pl. šo (nominative/genitive), šoa (accusative) Numbers: 1: ev 2: dū 3: tre 4: što 5: puc 6: ṣu 7: sut 8: uṣṭ 9: nu 10: duć References Bibliography The Kom. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush . Strand, Richard F. (1973). Notes on the Nūristāni and Dardic Languages. Journal of the American Oriental Society. External links Nuristani languages of Afghanistan Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nuristani languages