Parya language

Parya (Russian: язык Парья) is an isolated Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in the border region between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. There are several thousand speakers worldwide.

Parya
Парья
Native toTajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
RegionGissar Valley, Surkhandarya basin
Native speakers
2,600 (2008–2017)
Tajikistan: 1,600 (2017)
Uzbekistan: 1,000 (2008)
Afghanistan: Extinct (no date)
Language codes
ISO 639-3paq
Glottologpary1242
ELPParya
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