Mogholi language

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The Mogholi language is an endangered Mongolic language historically spoken by a small community in Afghanistan, notable for its heavy influence from Persian and its near extinction today.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mogholi language canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongolic language
endangered language
language
alternativeName Moghol
Mogul
classificationStatus Mongolic
country Afghanistan
culturalAssociation descendants of Mongol armies in Afghanistan
documentedBy linguists in the 20th century
endangermentCause language shift to Dari
language shift to Persian
small speaker population
ethnicGroup Moghol people
geographicDistribution rural settlements near Herat
grammaticalInfluenceFrom Persian language
hasFeature Mongolic core grammar
Persian-influenced phonology
Persian-influenced syntax
heavy Persian loanword usage
historicalOrigin Mongol military settlers in Afghanistan
historicalPeriodOfUse post-Mongol conquest era
influencedBy Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian

Persian language
ISO639-3Code mhj
languageFamily Mongolic languages
languageShiftTo Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian

Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
linguisticArea Iranian linguistic area
primaryContactLanguage Dari
Persian language
surface form: Persian
region Herat Province
northwestern Afghanistan
relatedTo Hazaragi dialect
surface form: Hazaragi language

Mongolian language
other Central Asian Mongolic varieties
spokenBy Moghol people
surface form: Moghol community
spokenIn Afghanistan
status nearly extinct
severely endangered
subfamily Western Mongolic languages
typologicalProfile mixed Mongolic–Persian features
usageDomain oral communication
usageTrend declining
vitality critically low number of speakers
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script (romanization)
Perso-Arabic script

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Referenced by (3)

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

Mongolic languages hasPart Mogholi language
Mongolic languages languageFamilyOf Mogholi language
Proto-Mongolic language hasDescendant Mogholi language