Old Wanji

The Vanji language, also spelt Vanchi and Vanži (Vanji: vanǰivor) is an extinct Iranian language, one of the areal group of Iranian languages. It was spoken in the Vanj River valley in what is now the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. There are only 64 known words.

In the 19th century the region was forcibly annexed to the Bukharan Emirate and a campaign of violent assimilation undertaken, and by the end of the 19th century, the Vanji language had completely disappeared, displaced by Tajik Persian as a result of assimilation. The local dialect of Tajik Persian spoken in Vanj has some Vanji influence.

摘自英文维基百科 · Vanji language · CC BY-SA 4.0