Bagalgrom (also known as Mumar) is a village in the
Bashgal Valley of
Nuristan
Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Dari: ; Kamkata-vari: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and is Afghanistan's least populous province, w ...
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...
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Bagalgrom is the primary village of the
Mumo
The Mumo (also known as Muman, previously also called Madugal kaffirs) are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan living primarily in the Bashgal Valley, centered in the village of Bagalgrom.''My heartrendingly tragic story''. By Muhammad Abdullah K ...
tribe.
[''My heartrendingly tragic story''. By Muhammad Abdullah Khan Azar, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Alberto M. Cacopardo, Ruth Laila Schmidt, Georg Morgenstierne, Knut Kristiansen
Translated by Georg Morgenstierne, Knut Kristiansen. Novus, 2006. , . Pg 3]
/ref> Their language is Mumviri
Mumviri is a dialect of the Nuristani Kamkata-vari language, spoken by perhaps 1,500 of the Mumo people of Afghanistan. There are only slight differences to the Kata-vari, Mumviri has Kamviri phonetic features. The most used alternative name is ...
, a dialect of the Kamkata-viri language. The 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' referred to Bagalgrom as "chief village of the Madugal kaffirs"
References
Populated places in Nuristan Province
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