Wakhi
ښیکوار زیک
Wakhi is an Indo-European language spoken in China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, by about 23.7 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Wakhi (ښیکوار, Х̆икв̆ор, romanized: X̌ikwor, pronounced [xikwɔr]) is an Eastern Iranic language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily by the Wakhi people native to the Wakhan region in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as neighboring areas of Pakistan and China.
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Words in Wakhi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | könd | |
| name | nung | |
| hand | dast | |
| water | jupk | |
| sun | yīr | |
| night | naγd | |
| one | yiw | |
| two | bu | |
| three | tru | |
| hundred | sad | |
| who | ku | |
| see | win- | |
| white | ruxn |
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