Wasi-wari (Vasi-vari, Wasi-weri) is a language spoken by the Wasi people in a few villages in the Prasun Valley in Afghanistan. The most used alternative names are Prasuni or Prasun, which derive from Pashto.
Vasi-vari belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Nuristani group of the Indo-Iranian branch.
Its speakers have been estimated at 1,000 (2000) and are 100% Muslim. Literacy rates are low: below 1% for people who have it as a first language, and between 15% and 25% for people who have it as a second language.
Vasi-vari is the most isolated of the Nuristani languages.
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