Ishkashimi language

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The Ishkashimi language is an Eastern Iranian Pamir language spoken by a small community in the Ishkashim region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan, noted for its endangered status and distinct phonological and grammatical features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Pamir language
endangered language
natural language
closeTo Sanglechi language
other Pamir languages
continent Asia
country Afghanistan
Tajikistan NERFINISHED
documentationStatus poorly documented
endangermentCause shift to Dari
shift to Tajik
geneticRelation related to other Eastern Iranian languages
hasAlternativeName Ishkashmi NERFINISHED
Iškāšmī
hasFeature Iranian-type verbal morphology
case marking on nouns
complex vowel system
consonant contrasts typical of Pamir languages
distinct grammar
distinct phonology
ISO639Status no widely used ISO 639-3 code historically assigned
languageBranch Pamir languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
linguisticArea Pamir Mountains NERFINISHED
notUsedInDomain formal education
official administration
numberOfSpeakers very small community
region Ishkashim region NERFINISHED
spokenIn Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Badakhshan region NERFINISHED
Ishkashim District NERFINISHED
Tajikistan NERFINISHED
status endangered
subclassOf Eastern Iranian language
Iranian language
Pamir language NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature SOV basic word order
postpositions rather than prepositions
rich verbal inflection
usedBy Ishkashimi ethnic group NERFINISHED
usedInDomain home communication
local oral tradition
vitality severely endangered
writingSystem no standardized writing system

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Pamir languages hasMember Ishkashimi language
Pamiris speak Ishkashimi language