Parachi language

Parachi
Parachi
Native to	Afghanistan
Region	Kabul
Native speakers	3,500 (2009)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern? Ormuri–Parachi Parachi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	prc
Glottolog	para1299
ELP	Parachi

Parachi (Parāčī) is an Iranian language. Parachi is spoken by some 600 individuals of the Parachi ethnic group in eastern Afghanistan, mainly in the upper part of Nijrab District, northeast of Kabul, out of a total ethnic Parachi population of some 5,000.

It is closely related to the Ormuri language of Kaniguram in South Waziristan, Pakistan. Parachi is usually classified as a member of the Southeastern group of the Eastern Iranian languages, although this is an areal group rather than a genetical one.

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