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...

The Wakhi people (Wakhi: ښیک مردمِش, Shughni: Waxiēn, Persian: مردمان وخی; Russian: Ваханцы; Chinese: 瓦汗 or 瓦罕), also locally referred to as the Wokhik...

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...

and thus qualifies as the easternmost of the extant Iranian languages. Wakhi communities are also found in the adjacent Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Roshani Khufi Bartangi Sarikoli Sanglechi-Ishkashimi Sanglechi Ishkashimi Wakhi Munji-Yidgha Munji Yidgha Ormuri-Parachi Ormuri Parachi Northern Yaghnobi...

The Hunza Valley (Burushaski: ہُنزݳ دِش‎, romanized: Hunza Dish; Wakhi/Urdu: وادی ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley located in the northern region of the...

oblast, there is a linguistic diversity where Rushani, Shughni, Ishkashimi, Wakhi and Tajik are some of the languages spoken. Mountains cover more than 90%...

is estimated at 10,600. Wakhi and Kyrgyz are the major ethnic groups of Wakhan. Most of its inhabitants speak the Vakhi or Wakhi language (x̌ik zik), and...

Bactrian may be closely related to modern Yidḡa and Munji (Munjāni); and Wakhi (Wāḵi) belongs with Khotanese. Excerpt 2: New Persian, the descendant of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Shina, Baltis, Kashmiris, Paharis, Chitralis, Torwalis, Hazaras, Burusho, Wakhis, Kalash, Siddis, Uzbeks, Nuristanis, Pamiris, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uyghurs and...

Traditionally Russia used the Old Church Slavonic language and Slavonic Bible, and in the modern era Bible translations into Russian. The minority languages...

speakers of the following Pamiri languages: Shughni, Munji, Ishkashimi, and Wakhi. The inhabitants of the province are mostly Sunni Muslims, although there...

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...

group stand out. The languages of the Shughni-Rushani group, alongside Wakhi, are the most widely spoken Pamiri languages. Eastern Iranian (mainly Saka...

Turkic exonym "Ghalcha". Sarikoli- and Wakhi-speaking Chinese Tajiks were also referred to as "Sarikolis" and "Wakhis", respectively. The Pamiri peoples are...

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...

mountains and has an elevation of 7,200 metres (23,622 ft) above sea level. In Wakhi language, Lupghar Sar translates as the "top of the big rock". First Ascent:...

had 17,167 residents. The northern part of the Wakhan, populated by the Wakhi and Pamiri people, is also referred to as the Pamir. The closest major airport...

closest modern relatives may include Pamir languages, such as Shughni and Wakhi, and Ossetic. Pashto may have ancient legacy of borrowing vocabulary from...

Gojal (Wakhi: وادی گوجال, Kyrgyz: گۉجال ۅرۅنۇ,), also called Upper Hunza, is situated in northwestern Pakistan. It borders China at the Khunjerab Pass...

/ گلگت بلتستان‎, Wylie: Gil git sbal ti stan, Burushaski: گلگت بلتستان, Wakhi: Гилгит Балтистан / گلگت بلتستان The application of the term "administered"...

the Wakhi Language, which is spoken in Badakhshan and Pamir. According to locals, "Moor" translates to "rain" and Khun translates to "house" in Wakhi. Roughly...

Kashmiris, Brahuis, Hindkowans, Paharis, Shina people, Burusho people, Wakhis, Baltis, Chitralis, and other minorities. The existence of Pakistan as an...

Schmitt, p. 420) are closely linked; Ishkashmi, Sanglichi, and Zebaki; Wakhi; Munji and Yidgha; and Pashto. N. Sims-Williams. "Bactrian language". Encyclopaedia...

is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is used in both the Bashkir and Wakhi languages, where it represents the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (like the...

Tajikistan. This number includes speakers of the Pamiri languages, including Wakhi and Shughni, and the Yaghnobi people who in the past were considered by...