Wakhi

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Wakhi is an Eastern Iranian language traditionally spoken by the Wakhi people in the high mountain regions of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wakhi canonical 33
Wakhi people 11
Wakhi language 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Indo-European language
Indo-Iranian language
Iranian language
closelyRelatedTo Sarikoli
Shughni
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnologueEntry Wakhi
glottologCode wakh1245
hasAlternativeName Khik
Wakhi Pamiri
linked to: Wakhi
hasDialects regional varieties in Afghanistan
regional varieties in China
regional varieties in Pakistan
regional varieties in Tajikistan
hasMorphology agglutinative features
case marking on nouns
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasSociolinguisticFeature limited use in formal education
many speakers are bilingual in dominant national languages
primarily oral tradition
iso639-3Code wbl
languageFamily Eastern Iranian
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
linked to: Iranian languages
region High mountain regions of Afghanistan
High mountain regions of China
High mountain regions of Pakistan
High mountain regions of Tajikistan
Pamir Mountains
spokenBy Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
spokenIn Afghanistan
China
Gilgit-Baltistan
Gojal Valley
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
linked to: Badakhshan

Pakistan
Tajikistan
Wakhan Corridor
Xinjiang
typology subject–object–verb word order
usedAs community language in Gojal Valley
community language in Wakhan Corridor
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Cyrillic script
Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

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

Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Wakhi language
linked to: Wakhi
Wakhan Corridor inhabitedBy Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Wakhi spokenBy Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Wakhi hasAlternativeName Wakhi Pamiri
linked to: Wakhi
Wakhi ethnologueEntry Wakhi
Pamir languages hasMember Wakhi language
linked to: Wakhi
Badakhshan ethnicGroup Wakhi
Pamiris speak Wakhi language
linked to: Wakhi
Karimabad inhabitedBy Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Karimabad localLanguage Wakhi
Gojal ethnicGroup Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Passu hasPrimaryLanguage Wakhi
Passu hasEthnicGroup Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Hussaini hasLanguage Wakhi
Gulmit ethnicGroup Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Gulmit languageSpoken Wakhi
Hunza District hasLanguage Wakhi language
linked to: Wakhi
Kho people neighboringGroups Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Aliabad localLanguage Wakhi
Burusho people neighboringGroup Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Wakhan District hasEthnicGroup Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
Shishkat village ethnicGroup Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi
GB hasLocalLanguages Wakhi
Hunza hasLanguage Wakhi
Gojal Valley ethnicGroup Wakhi people
linked to: Wakhi