The Ōrmur̂s (Ōrmær̂s) (or Barakī, as they call themselves) are a
small group of people living in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Ōrmur̂s call
their original language Bargistā or Bargastā. There are different views on
the affiliation of the language of the Ōrmur̂s to the Western or Eastern Iranian
group. According to Morgenstieme, one of the main authorities on the
linguistics of Afghanistan, the Ōrmur̂ language, alongside with the Parachī
language1, are the last remnants of the South-East group of Iranian languages,
which is an intermediate group of languages situated between the
Western and Eastern groups and stretching from Kurdish, in a narrow belt
towards the East...
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