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Name:
Wakhi
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Guhjali; Wakhani; Wakhigi; Vakhan; Khik; Wakhī
Spoken in:
Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Pakistan
Number of speakers:
9,100 in Pakistan. 4,500–6,000 Gojal, 2,000 Ishkoman, 200 Yasin, 900 Yarkhun (1992), plus refugees. Population total all countries: 31,670
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
75000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
31666
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
wbl
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Pamir; Ghalchah; Ghalchah Sub-group (pamr)
Child Dialects:
Gojal (wbl-goj)
Ishkoman (wbl-ish)
Yasin (wbl-yas)
Central Wakhi (wbl-cen)
Yarkhun (wbl-yar)
Eastern Wakhi (wbl-eas)
Western Wakhi (wbl-wes)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Wakhi
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