Ishkashimi

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Ishkashimi is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken by small communities in parts of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ishkashimi canonical 6
Sanglechi-Ishkashimi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Iranian language
endangered language
basicWordOrder subject–object–verb
closelyRelatedTo Munji
Sanglechi
Shughni
countryStatusInAfghanistan minority language
countryStatusInTajikistan minority language
documentationStatus limited descriptive work
dominantContactLanguage Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian

Russian
Tajik language
surface form: Tajik
endangermentCause language shift to Tajik and Dari
ethnicGroup Ishkashimi people
hasCaseSystem yes
hasDialect Afghan Ishkashimi
Afghan Ishkashimi
surface form: Tajik Ishkashimi
hasGrammaticalGender yes
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Persian language
surface form: Persian

Russian
hasNounInflection yes
hasVerbInflection yes
ISO639-3Code isk
languageBranch Indo-Iranian languages
surface form: Indo-Iranian
languageFamily Eastern Iranian languages
surface form: Eastern Iranian

Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European
languageShiftTowards Tajik language
surface form: Tajik
linguisticArea Central Asian Sprachbund
morphologicalType fusional
notUsedInDomain formal education
mass media
official administration
numberOfSpeakersEstimate a few thousand
regionType Hindu Kush–Pamir region
surface form: Pamir region
spokenIn Afghanistan
Tajikistan
spokenInRegion Badakhshan
Badakhshan
surface form: Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

Ishkashim District
status severely endangered
subfamily Pamir languages
UNESCOEndangermentCategory severely endangered (approximate)
usedInDomain home and community communication
writingSystem no widely standardized writing system

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Southeastern Iranian languages hasNotableLanguage Ishkashimi
this entity surface form: Sanglechi-Ishkashimi
Sanglechi closelyRelatedTo Ishkashimi