Wakhi

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Eastern Iranian language Indo-European language Indo-Iranian language Iranian language

Wakhi is an Eastern Iranian language traditionally spoken by the Wakhi people in the high mountain regions of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wakhi people	2
Wakhi Pamiri	1
Wakhi language	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Iranian language ⓘ Indo-European language ⓘ Indo-Iranian language ⓘ Iranian language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Sarikoli ⓘ Shughni ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
ethnologueEntry	Wakhi self-link ⓘ
glottologCode	wakh1245 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Khik ⓘ Wakhi ⓘ surface form: Wakhi Pamiri
hasDialects	regional varieties in Afghanistan ⓘ regional varieties in China ⓘ regional varieties in Pakistan ⓘ regional varieties in Tajikistan ⓘ
hasMorphology	agglutinative features ⓘ case marking on nouns ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature	limited use in formal education ⓘ many speakers are bilingual in dominant national languages ⓘ primarily oral tradition ⓘ
iso639-3Code	wbl ⓘ
languageFamily	Eastern Iranian ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Indo-Iranian Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Iranian
region	High mountain regions of Afghanistan ⓘ High mountain regions of China ⓘ High mountain regions of Pakistan ⓘ High mountain regions of Tajikistan ⓘ Pamir Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Wakhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wakhi people
spokenIn	Afghanistan ⓘ China ⓘ Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ Gojal Valley ⓘ Badakhshan ⓘ surface form: Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakhan Corridor ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ
typology	subject–object–verb word order ⓘ
usedAs	community language in Gojal Valley ⓘ community language in Wakhan Corridor ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic alphabet ⓘ surface form: Arabic script Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Gilgit → commonlySpokenLanguage → Wakhi ⓘ

Wakhi → ethnologueEntry → Wakhi self-link ⓘ

Wakhi → hasAlternativeName → Wakhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wakhi Pamiri

Eastern Iranian languages → hasLivingLanguage → Wakhi ⓘ

Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Wakhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wakhi language

Eastern Iranian languages → hasMember → Wakhi ⓘ

Wakhan Corridor → inhabitedBy → Wakhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wakhi people

Khunjerab Pass → nameLanguageOrigin → Wakhi ⓘ

Burushaski → neighboringLanguage → Wakhi ⓘ

Hunza Valley → primaryEthnicGroup → Wakhi ⓘ

Hunza Valley → primaryLanguages → Wakhi ⓘ

Wakhi → spokenBy → Wakhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wakhi people

Gilgit-Baltistan → spokenLanguage → Wakhi ⓘ