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Yidgha

Yidgha is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan, by about 6,150 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Yidgha · 36.0°N 71.5°E

The Yidgha language (یدغا زڤون) is an Eastern Iranian language of the Pamir group spoken in the upper Lotkoh Valley (Tehsil Lotkoh) of Chitral in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Yidgha is similar to the Munji language spoken on the Afghan side of the border.

The Garam Chashma area became important during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan because the Soviets were unable to stop the flow of arms and men back and forth across the Dorah Pass that separates Chitral from Badakshan in Afghanistan. Almost the entire Munji-speaking population of Afghanistan fled across the border to Chitral during the War in Afghanistan.

From Wikipedia · Yidgha language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Yidgha

MeaningWordRomanization
personm3L3*
namenam*
eyeCam*
earxo*
nosefesko*
toothl3t*
tonguezebix*
handl3st*
bloodino*
boneyasti*
skink3r3st*
breastfiz*
watery3xo*
fireyūṛ
sunmira*
starestari*
stonex3r*
treedrat*
leafp3nok*
nighttiro*
dogxalf*
fishk3p*
birdطوطی
oneyu*
twoloh*
Izoh*
youtu*
wem3x*
drinkS3m*
seeleSC*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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