CV:

• M.A. in Indo-European Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg (2026)
• B.A. in Indo-European Studies and Languages and Cultures of the Near East, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (2023)

As part of the project “The Linguistic (Pre-)History of the Indo-Iranian Frontier,” Alan Avdagić investigates the historical phonological development of Prasun, a Nuristani language spoken in the Hindu Kush on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as its Iranian contact languages Munji and Yidgha.

Within the Nuristani language group, Prasun is regarded as particularly unusual, as it exhibits a number of features that clearly distinguish it from the other members of the group. One of his central aims is therefore to determine whether this typological distinctiveness is due to relatively recent phonological restructuring or whether Prasun in fact represents the earliest branch of the Nuristani languages and its peculiarities must therefore be sought in deeper layers of the linguistic history. To address this question, particular attention is paid to Iranian contact, especially with Munji and Yidgha.

His research interests focus primarily on the typology and mechanisms of sound change. He is particularly interested in historical phonology and the phonological reconstruction of language families, especially Proto-Indo-European, but also Proto-Semitic, Afroasiatic, Sino-Tibetan, and the Mayan languages.

Languages: (Prasun, Yidgha, Munji)

• Avdagić, Alan & Felix Herold (2024) Das Krimgotische – das Krimgermanische: Ein Kuckucksei? in: Was bleibt? Erinnerung in Ost- und Südosteuropa (S.221-240).
• Review of “O. Šefčík (2024), Preservation vs lenition: The development of Indo-European two-obstruent clusters. Baar, Hamburg”. Kratylos, 70. (S. 20-30)