Wakhi language
Eastern Iranian language spoken by the Wakhi people / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wakhi (Wakhi: وخی/В̌aхi, IPA: [waχi]) is an Indo-European language in the Eastern Iranian branch of the language family spoken today in Wakhan District, Northern Afghanistan, and also in Tajikistan, Northern Pakistan and Western China.
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Wakhi | |
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زبان وخی / زبان واخانی ښیکوار زیک X̌ikwor zik, х̆икв̆ор зик | |
Native to | Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan |
Ethnicity | Wakhi |
Native speakers | (20,000 in Pakistan (2016); 58,000 cited 1992–2012)[1] |
Early forms | |
Perso-Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wbl |
Glottolog | wakh1245 |
ELP | Wakhi |
Linguasphere | 58-ABD-c |
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Due to the effects of dominant languages in Pakistani media like Urdu, Standard Punjabi, and English and the religious impact of Arabic and Persian, Wakhi, like other languages of Pakistan, continuously expands its vocabulary base with loan words.[5]