Wakhi language

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, Northern Afghanistan and also in Tajikistan, Northern Pakistan and Western China.

Wakhi
وخی
x̌ik zik, х̌ик зик
Wakhi written in Arabic script in Nastaliq style, Latin script and in Cyrillic script
Native toAfghanistan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan
EthnicityWakhi
Native speakers
(20,000 in Pakistan (2016);
58,000 cited 1992–2012)
Early forms
Perso-Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3wbl
Glottologwakh1245
ELPWakhi
Linguasphere58-ABD-c
Wakhi language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

Due to effects of dominant languages in Pakistani media like Urdu, Standard Punjabi and English and religious impact of Arabic and Persian, Wakhi like other languages of Pakistan are continuously expanding its vocabulary base with loan words.

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