{{Short description|Nuristani language of Kunar, Afghanistan}} {{Infobox language |name= Zemiaki |nativename = {{lang|nli|J̌amlām-am bašā}} |states= Afghanistan |region= Nuristan Province |speakers= 500 |date=1999 |ref= |familycolor= Indo-European |fam2=Indo-Iranian |fam3=Nuristani | ancestor = Proto-Indo-European | ancestor2 = Proto-Indo-Iranian | ancestor3 = Proto-Nuristani |iso3= none |iso3comment=(included in [[iso639-3:nli|[nli]]]) |glotto=zemi1238 |glottorefname= Zemiaki |notice=Indic }} '''Zemiaki''' is a Nuristani language spoken by some 400–500 people in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan.{{sfn|Grünberg|1999|p=123}}
It is named after the settlement in which it is spoken, from the Pashto {{lang|ps-Latn|Zemyaki žə́ba}} "language of Zemyaki", the native equivalent being ''J̌amlām-am bašā''. It is closely related to Nuristani Kalasha, and ancestors of the Zemyakis were, according to local tradition, Kalasha people who migrated into the area several centuries ago.{{sfn|Grünberg|1999|p=123}} The language spoken in the surrounding areas is Pashto, and it has been a source of a large number of lexical borrowings, including several common conjunctions.{{sfn|Grünberg|1999|pp=123, 125}}
There is no grammatical gender, but number and person are marked on the verb,{{sfn|Grünberg|1999|pp=124}} following a split-ergative pattern of agreement.{{sfn|Grünberg|1999|pp=125}}
Zemiaki was formerly considered a dialect of Grangali, an Indo-Aryan language. However, its pronouns are characteristically Nuristani, with a close relationship to Nuristani Kalasha, which is confirmed by local tradition.
== Vocabulary == ===Pronouns=== {|class=wikitable !colspan=2|Person !Nominative !Accusative !Genitive |- !rowspan=2|1st !sg. |''ake'' |''ũ'' |''ūba'', ''umba'' |- !pl. |colspan=2|''ami'' |''amba'' |- !rowspan=2|2nd !sg. |colspan=2|''tu'' |''tuba'' |- !pl. |''me'' |''ame'' |''amemba'' |}
===Numbers=== # ''yok'' # ''du'' # ''tre'' # ''-'' # ''-'' # ''-'' # ''-'' # ''-'' # ''-'' # ''doš''
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == *{{Cite book|last = Grünberg| first = A.L.| year = 1999| editor-last = Edelman| editor-first = D.I.|chapter = Zemiaki jazyk/dialekt| pages = 123–125|title = Jazyki mira: Dardskie i nuristanskie jazyki| place = Moscow| publisher = Indrik| isbn = 585759085X|language = Russian}}
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Category:Nuristani languages Category:Kunar Province