The Mumo (also known as Muman, previously also called Madugal kaffirs) are a
Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan living primarily in the
Bashgal Valley The Landai Sin Valley, or the Bashgal Valley, is a geographical feature of Nuristan Province, eastern Afghanistan, formed by the Landai Sin River which empties into the Kunar River (also called the Chitral River) at Barikot, Kamdesh District in Nu ...
, centered in the village of
Bagalgrom.
[''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 i ...
, a dialect of the Kamkata-vari language.
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Nuristani people