Native Name: mum'o.

Other Names: manDagali (from the Pashto name for mum'oRm, originally from the name of the village of mâNg'ül), "Bashgali" (from Khowar bašgali 'Nuristani; person from bašgal [the lanDai sin Valley]').

Location: the middle lânDâi s'in basin of eastern Nuristân. The native name of the country is mumg'ul.

Population: perhaps 1500.

Settlements:

• mum'oRm, mâNg'ül, sâsk'ü˜.

Language Name: mumv'iri. Non-indigenous names include "Bashgali" (from Khowar) and "Kati" (Morgenstierne 1926).

Linguistic Position of Mumv'iri: Mumv'iri is a dialect of Kâmk'ata-viri, which forms with Vâs'i-vari the Northern Group of Nuristâni languages (see the Table of Languages). Mumv'iri appears to be in basis kât'a viri with an overlay of kâmv'iri phonetic features, plus some independent developments.