Yidgha language

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The Yidgha language is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in parts of northeastern Afghanistan, closely related to Munji and noted for preserving archaic features within the Pamir language group.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yidgha language canonical 8
Munji-Yidgha 1
Munji–Yidgha languages 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Pamir language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Munji language
country Afghanistan
endangeredStatus endangered language
family Indo-European languages
hasAlternativeName Yidgha
Yidghah
linked to: Yidgha
hasClassification Eastern Iranian Pamir language
hasContactWith Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language

Pashto language
hasDocumentationStatus under-documented language
hasDomainOfUse home and local community
oral tradition
hasFeature preserves archaic features within the Pamir language group
hasGeneticRelation Indo-European language family
hasHistoricalRelation Old Iranian languages
hasLinguisticArea Pamir region
hasLinguisticResearch studies in Pamir linguistics
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative tendencies
rich case system
hasNeighborLanguage Munji language
Shughni language
Wakhi language
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants
hasPreservationStatus limited intergenerational transmission
hasSpeakerCommunity Yidgha people
isMinorityLanguageIn Afghanistan
iso639-3Code ydg
isPartOf Pamir language continuum
linked to: Pamir languages
languageBranch Eastern Iranian
languageFamily Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
region northeastern Afghanistan
scriptType Perso-Arabic script
sharesIsoglossWith Munji language
spokenIn Afghanistan
Badakhshan region
linked to: Badakhshan
subbranch Eastern Iranian languages
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
subgroup Pamir languages
writingSystem Arabic script

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pamir languages hasMember Yidgha language
Southeastern Iranian languages hasNotableLanguage Munji-Yidgha
linked to: Yidgha language
Munji language closelyRelatedTo Yidgha language
Munji language hasLinguisticRelation Yidgha language
Munji language hasDialectContinuumWith Yidgha language
K. C. R. Chaudhri studied Yidgha language
K. C. R. Chaudhri hasResearchFocus Yidgha grammar
linked to: Yidgha language
Sanglechi–Ishkashimi languages closelyRelatedTo Munji–Yidgha languages
linked to: Yidgha language
Munjani closelyRelatedTo Yidgha language
Yidgha people ethnonymLanguage Yidgha language
Yidgha people primaryLanguage Yidgha language