Languages

Morgenstierne´s greatest single contribution to linguistics must be his theory about the origin of the Nuristani (Kafir) languages. He claimed that these languages separated from the Indo-Iranian family already before the Rig Veda (a collection of Vedic hymns) was formulated or perhaps even before the Indian and Iranian branches began to separate. His theory took years to gain support among the linguists but today is undisputed.
Morgenstierne's early suggested map of languages in Nuristan.

Nuristani (Kafir)-languages

Ashkun -numerals 1- (audio)
Kati examples,
- Hymn to god Bagisht (audio)
- Myth about god Bagisht (audio and full text)
- Hymn to goddess Kshumai (audio)
- Hymn to goddess Sanju (audio)
- Hymn to god Sudrem (audio)
Prasun numerals 1-20 and names the Story of the prodigal son (audio)

Dard-languages

Palulo numerals and body parts, (audio) plant names and the Story of the prodigal son (audio)
Gawar-Bati numerals 1- 10 and the Story of the prodigal son (audio)
Dameli numerals 1-20 and tonems (audio)
Kalasha numerals 1-10 (audio)
Khovar numerals 1-10 and tonems (audio)
Shina, Razwal Kohistani reading numerals 1-10 (audio and video) -supplement to the collection recorded by the project team at the University of Oslo, January 1999

Iranian languages

Balochi, Marri dialect love song part 1 (audio) part 2 (audio)
Balochi, northern dialect (audio)
Balochi, Markani dialect a story about a man and his wife (audio)
Munji, numerals 1-10 (audio) a story (audio)
Sanglechi, numerals 2-20 and 1-11 (audio)
Wakhi, numerals 1-11
Wakhi, prof. Ivan Stebline-Kamenskij: numerals 1-11 (audio) -supplement to the collection recorded by the project team at the University of Oslo, May 1999). Wakhi fable about an ant read in Wakhi (audio) and in English. Prof. Stebline-Kamenskij shows the the gramophone record with the earliest recording of Wakhi while visiting the University of Oslo (photograph).

Indo-Aryan languages

Pashai, Areti dialect, numerals 3-20 and 1-20
Pashai, Western dialect numerals 2-20 and 1-20