Munji
Munji is an Indo-European language spoken in Afghanistan, by about 3,770 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Munji language (Persian: مونجی, Pashto: مونجی), also known as Munjani (Persian: مونجانی, Pashto: مونجی ژبه, Munji: منجاني ألڤزأن), Munjhan (مونجهان), and the Munjiwar language, is a Pamir language spoken in the Munjan valley in the Kuran wa Munjan district of the Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan. It is similar to the Yidgha language, which is spoken in the Upper Lotkoh Valley of Chitral, west of Garam Chashma in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Words in Munji
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mEra* | |
| name | nom* | |
| eye | Com* | |
| ear | xoi* | |
| nose | fosk3* | |
| tooth | lod3* | |
| tongue | zub3n* | |
| hand | lost3* | |
| blood | yin3* | |
| bone | y3sti* | |
| skin | phost* | |
| breast | fuz* | |
| water | yowga | |
| fire | yūr | |
| sun | mira* | |
| star | ist3r3* | |
| stone | koiko* | |
| tree | d3r3t3* | |
| leaf | b3rxiko* | |
| night | turiko* | |
| dog | xulf* | |
| fish | kop* | |
| one | yu* | |
| two | lu* | |
| I | z3* | |
| you | tu* | |
| we | Zim3n* | |
| drink | Som* | |
| see | liSky* | |
| hear | xoilEt* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- YidghaIndo-European52% alike
- WaneciIndo-European24% alike
- Southern PashtoIndo-European23% alike
- IshkashimiIndo-European21% alike
- Central PashtoIndo-European21% alike
- ShughniIndo-European21% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · munj1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mnj