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China Xinjiang Regions 448-500 Years
Afghanistan NE Regions
Tajikistan. Regions
Pakistan N Regions
Message of the day: When a language dies, an identity dies, a cultural knowledge dies, a fruitful
tree from the garden of world dies, so--- let’s work together to safe guard the endangered languages.
Wakhis of the Four Countries
Courtesy Ali Rehmat Mosofer
-First PhD, Scholar, on Wakhic Language, of Tajik and Russian Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan & Moscow.
•Pakistan Northern -Regions –Time of Alexander the Great.•Afghanistan North East Wakhan –Regions-1895•Tajikistan South East Wakhan –Regions-1895•China xinjiang Pamir -Regions -Time of Alexander the Great.
PRESENT HISTORYCAL LEGACY OF WAKHAN
• The word itself, Wakhi, is derived from the word Wakhan, which means the inhabitants of Wakhan.
• The Holy Book of Zoroastrian –”AVESTO” -SAKKYOS, “SAK- till to day in Wakhic Language “we” Giksepanto-Sereequl,
• Wakhics--Hinoyani Brach of Budisium• -(Koy Chao)
• This is because Wakhi originated in Wakhan 2500 to 3000 BC,
• Historical Name of Wakhan: -Takhoriston,Demositedi, Ba Kho’
• (VV.S.SOKOLOVA, MS ANDREEVS & Prof. Boghsho), Wakhan p-4
Introduction of Xik Zik (Wakhi& Wakhan)
Indo-Iranian Language Family
Wakhi Speakers Xik zik –C Native Speaker-
58,000 (1992-2012) Countries
• Wakhan, Tajikistan• Gojal, Ashkoman, Broghil, Pakistan• Tashghurgan China• Wakhan Afghanistan• USA• UK• Canada• Australia• Russia Moscow• And other Cities.
Wakhi Speakers within Pakistan-
TEHSIL Guhjal Gojal-HUNZA,
Gilgit-Baltistan
-Curtsey to Zulfiqar IUCN.
Orthography
• Wakhi is now a written language.
• Writing system have been developed
for the language using,
• Arabic script,
• Cyrillic and
• A modified Roman alphabet.
Wakhi Language
• The Wakhi language is considered to he part
of an ancient Indo-European language in the
Eastern Iranian branch of language family,
although it has been influenced by other
languages.
• Examples of words used in other languages
are - In English leg (leng) arms (Urm);
Persian. Zanakh, Gosh (gesh), Sar and dast,
Wakhi Alphabets-Arabic Alphabet for Wakhi-
Wakhi Alphabets Latin Alphabet for Wakhi
Estimated number of Pamiri Communities
Variants and dialects
• Guhjal/Gojal
• Ishkoman
• Yasin
• Central Wakhi
• Yarkhun
• Eastern Wakhi
• Western Wakhi
Wakhi Researchers Writers from Gojal –Hunza, GB
• Asmat Ullah Mushfiq• Mowla Burdhi• Haqiqat Ali• Ahmad Jami Sakhi• Ali Quraban• Muhammad Aslam• Farman Ali• Nazir Ahmed BulBul• Ahmed Aziz• Fazal Amin• Sunowar• Saif uddin Saif• Faiz Raheem• Aman ullah Nacheez• Raza Baig• Ijaz Karim• Shahid Akhter • Akhun Bai• ZakirRumi