Wakhi
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Wakhi is an Eastern Iranian language traditionally spoken by the Wakhi people in the high mountain regions of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wakhi canonical | 33 |
| Wakhi people | 11 |
| Wakhi language | 4 |
| Wakhi Pamiri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T686574 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Wakhi Context triple: [Gilgit-Baltistan, spokenLanguage, Wakhi]
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A.
Kurmanji
Kurmanji is the most widely spoken dialect of the Kurdish language, used primarily by Kurds across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the diaspora.
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B.
Khowar
Khowar is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Chitral region of Pakistan and parts of neighboring areas, known for its rich oral tradition and distinct phonology.
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C.
Brahui people
The Brahui people are a Dravidian-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting central and eastern Balochistan, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions amid predominantly Iranian-language neighbors.
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D.
Nuristani people
The Nuristani people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Hindu Kush region, primarily in Afghanistan, known for their distinct Indo-Iranian languages, pre-Islamic cultural heritage, and historical isolation in mountainous valleys.
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E.
Hazaras
Hazaras are an ethnic group primarily from central Afghanistan, distinguished by their Mongol-influenced ancestry, Shia Muslim majority, and use of Persian (Hazaragi) as their main language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wakhi Target entity description: 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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A.
Kurmanji
Kurmanji is the most widely spoken dialect of the Kurdish language, used primarily by Kurds across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the diaspora.
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B.
Khowar
Khowar is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Chitral region of Pakistan and parts of neighboring areas, known for its rich oral tradition and distinct phonology.
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C.
Brahui people
The Brahui people are a Dravidian-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting central and eastern Balochistan, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions amid predominantly Iranian-language neighbors.
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D.
Nuristani people
The Nuristani people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Hindu Kush region, primarily in Afghanistan, known for their distinct Indo-Iranian languages, pre-Islamic cultural heritage, and historical isolation in mountainous valleys.
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E.
Hazaras
Hazaras are an ethnic group primarily from central Afghanistan, distinguished by their Mongol-influenced ancestry, Shia Muslim majority, and use of Persian (Hazaragi) as their main language.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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many speakers are bilingual in dominant national languages ⓘ primarily oral tradition ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | wbl ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eastern Iranian
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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 ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Wakhi Description of subject: Wakhi is an Eastern Iranian language traditionally spoken by the Wakhi people in the high mountain regions of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.