Northeastern Katë dialect

Northeastern Katë
Native toAfghanistan, Pakistan
RegionNuristan, Kunar, Chitral
Native speakers
1,500 (Pakistani speakers only) (2003)
Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsh
Glottologkati1270

Northeastern Katë is a dialect of the Katë language spoken by the Kata in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It also includes the so-called Shekhani dialect spoken in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

There are several subdialects spoken in the upper Landai Sin Valley. It is also spoken in Chitral District, in Gobor and the upper Bumboret Valley in Pakistan.