Look up Wakhi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wakhi may be: Wakhi language, the language of the majority of the people of Wakhan Wakhi people, an ethnic...
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The Wakhi people (Wakhi: ښیک مردمِش, Pashto: د واخان وګړي, Shughni: Waxiēn, Persian: مردمان وخی; Russian: Ваханцы; Chinese: 瓦汗 or 瓦罕), also locally referred...
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Wakhi (Wakhi: وخی/В̌aхi, IPA: [waχi]) is an Indo-European language in the Eastern Iranian branch of the language family spoken today in Wakhan District...
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Pamir languages (section Wakhi)
and thus qualifies as the easternmost of the extant Iranian languages. Wakhi communities are also found in the adjacent Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
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Roshani Khufi Bartangi Sarikoli Sanglechi-Ishkashimi Sanglechi Ishkashimi Wakhi Munji-Yidgha Munji Yidgha Ormuri-Parachi Ormuri Parachi Northern Yaghnobi...
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The Hunza Valley (Burushaski: ہُنزݳ دِش, romanized: Hunza Dish; Wakhi/Urdu: وادی ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the northern part of the Gilgit-Baltistan...
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Shughni and Wakhi languages. It is composed of the letter de ⟨Д⟩ with a caron. De with caron is used in the Shughni alphabet and the Wakhi alphabet where...
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Bactrian may be closely related to modern Yidḡa and Munji (Munjāni); and Wakhi (Wāḵi) belongs with Khotanese. Excerpt 2: New Persian, the descendant of...
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oblast, there is a linguistic diversity where Rushani, Shughni, Ishkashimi, Wakhi and Tajik are some of the languages spoken. Mountains cover more than 90%...
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group stand out. The languages of the Shughni-Rushani group, alongside Wakhi, are the most widely spoken Pamiri languages. Eastern Iranian (mainly Saka...
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independent summit of its own subrange. Disteghil sar is a Wakhi language word suggested by the Wakhi people of Shimshal, meaning "above the inner ranch." The...
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Shina, Baltis, Kashmiris, Paharis, Chitralis, Torwalis, Hazaras, Burusho, Wakhis, Kalash, Siddis, Uzbeks, Nuristanis, Pamiris, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uyghurs and...
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speakers of the following Pamiri languages: Shughni, Munji, Ishkashimi, and Wakhi. The inhabitants of the province are mostly Sunni Muslims, although there...
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Khotanese. The Khotanese dialect is believed to share features with the modern Wakhi and Pashto. Saka was known as "Hvatanai" (from which the name Khotan) in...
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Cypriot Arabic, Gros Ventre, Comox, Fox, Thompson, Tuscarora, Halkomelem, Wakhi, Yavapai, Havasupai–Hualapai, and Romani. It also historically was used...
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Tirich Mir. An alternative etymology derives this name from the Wakhi language. In Wakhi, trich means shadow or darkness and mir means king, so Tirich Mir...
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Bible translations into the languages of Russia (redirect from Wakhi Bible)
Traditionally Russia used the Old Church Slavonic language and Slavonic Bible, and in the modern era Bible translations into Russian. The minority languages...
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inhabited by Wakhi people, who migrated in waves from Wakhan between 1870 and 1948 to different areas of northern Pakistan. They speak Wakhi language and...
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named Khudija.[citation needed] The people of Shimshal are Wakhi and they speak the Wakhi language. They belong to the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. The...
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2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-04. Nazif Shahrani, M. (2013). The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan. University of Washington Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 9780295803784...
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Turkic exonym "Ghalcha". Sarikoli- and Wakhi-speaking Chinese Tajiks were also referred to as "Sarikolis" and "Wakhis", respectively. The Pamiri peoples are...
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Gulmit (Wakhi/Urdu: گلمت), also known as Gul-e-Gulmit , in upper Hunza Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. Gulmit is a centuries-old historic town, with mountains...
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shepherdess and a member of the 2023 BBC 100 Women. She is one of the last Wakhi shepherdesses who have taken care of goats, yaks and sheep for centuries...
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Gojal (category Articles containing Wakhi-language text)
Gojal (Wakhi: وادی گوجال, Kyrgyz: گۉجال ۅرۅنۇ,), also called Upper Hunza, is situated in northwestern Pakistan. It borders China at the Khunjerab Pass...
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Linguistic evidence suggest the Wakhi language is descended from Saka languages. According to the Indo-Europeanist Martin Kümmel, Wakhi may be classified as a...
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Northeastern Iranian aśśa Pashto East Iranian ās Ossetian Northeastern Iranian efs Wakhi Northeastern Iranian yaš Yaghnobi Northeastern Iranian asp Avestan Southeastern...
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pronounced in Wakhi is at 7,414 metres (24,324 ft) above sea level, is the 64th highest mountain peak in the world. Mumhail Sar in Wakhi means the mountain...
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Schmitt, p. 420) are closely linked; Ishkashmi, Sanglichi, and Zebaki; Wakhi; Munji and Yidgha; and Pashto. N. Sims-Williams. "Bactrian language". Encyclopaedia...
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Tajikistan. This number includes speakers of the Pamiri languages, including Wakhi and Shughni, and the Yaghnobi people who in the past were considered by...
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