Wiktionary:About Prasuni

Prasuni (Vasi-veri, Vasi-vëri) is a Nuristani language spoken in Afghanistan.

Sound changes

Prasuni is defined by the unconditioned change of Proto-Nuristani *d (in all positions) to *l alongside the lenition of initial single consonants.

Dialects

Prasuni has six dialects: Dewa (Üćü), Kshtoki (Üšüt), Pashki (Uṣüt), Pronz (Seć), Shtive (Ṣupu), and Zumu.

Prosody

In Prasuni, words can have contrastive stress (per Strand 2007). There are three types of stress patterns in the Pronz dialect: type A (no stress), type B (nonfinal stress), and type C (final stress).

Orthographic notation

When notating Prasuni, a unified orthography system by Jakob Halfmann is used. Transcription conventions compared to Richard Strand include (V = any vowel):

a > ë
â > a
Vː > V̄
V˜ > Ṽ
Vi > Vy
Vu, Vv > Vw
ǰ > j
ŋ > ṅ

References

Jakob Halfmann (2022) Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction
Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom
Richard Strand (1973) Notes on the Nūristāni and Dardic Languages, Brown University
Richard Strand (2007) Transcription and Pronunciation of the Nûristânî Languages
Richard Strand (2012) Nuristâni Etymological Lexicon