Sarikoli
Sarikoli is an Indo-European language spoken in China, by about 16 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Sarikoli language (also Sariqoli, Selekur, Sarikul, Sariqul, Sariköli) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Southeastern Iranian languages spoken by the Pamiris in Xinjiang, China and Chitral, Pakistan. It is officially referred to as "the Tajik language" in China, although it is an Eastern Iranian language and thus different from Tajik spoken in Tajikistan, which is a variety of Persian, a Western Iranian language. The language is linguistically closely related to Shughni and Yazghulami.
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Words in Sarikoli
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | xalg* | |
| name | nam* | |
| eye | cem* | |
| ear | xaul* | |
| nose | naz* | |
| tooth | 8andan* | |
| tongue | ziv* | |
| hand | 8ist* | |
| blood | waxin* | |
| bone | ustxan* | |
| skin | past* | |
| knee | zun* | |
| breast | poz* | |
| liver | 8ud* | |
| water | xats | |
| fire | yuc | |
| sun | xer | |
| star | xturj* | |
| stone | zer* | |
| mountain | teij* | |
| tree | daraxt* | |
| leaf | pork* | |
| night | x̌eb | |
| dog | kid* | |
| fish | mui* | |
| louse | spal* | |
| one | iw | |
| two | 8au* | |
| I | waz* | |
| you | tamaS* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sari1246 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · srh