Parachi people

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The Parachi people are a small ethnic group native to eastern Afghanistan, known for preserving the endangered Parachi language and maintaining distinct cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Parachi people canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Asia
country Afghanistan
culturalCharacteristic clan-based social structure
distinct cultural traditions
folk music
oral poetry
pastoralism
traditional agriculture
traditional dress
culturalPreservationEffort maintenance of Parachi language
maintenance of traditional customs
demographicTrend declining number of speakers
endangermentCause language shift to Dari
language shift to Pashto
ethnicity Iranian peoples
ethnolinguisticGroup Iranian peoples
geographicHabitat mountain villages
valley settlements
heritageLanguage Parachi language
historicalLinguisticRelation Ormur people
Ormuri language
language Parachi language
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages
languageStatus endangered language community
languageSubfamily Eastern Iranian languages
locatedIn Hindu Kush region
linked to: Hindu Kush
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Afghanistan
nativeTo eastern Afghanistan
linked to: Eastern Afghanistan
neighboringGroups Pashtuns
Tajiks
populationStatus small population
region Kabul Province
Kapisa Province
Laghman Province
Nijrab District
Tagab District
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
selfDesignation Parachi
sociolinguisticTrend bilingualism
language assimilation pressure
speaks Dari
Parachi language
Pashto
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
subsistence farming
usesWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script

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

Parachi spokenBy Parachi people
Parachi language spokenBy Parachi people
Parāčī spokenBy Parachi people
Parāčī hasEthnicGroup Parachi people