Munji language
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| Munji | |
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| Native to | Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan |
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Native speakers
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5,300 (2008)[1] |
| None | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mnj |
| Glottolog | munj1244[2] |
| Linguasphere | 58-ABD-ba |
The Munji language, also Munjani language, is a Pamir language spoken in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. It is similar to the Yidgha language which is spoken in the Upper Lutkuh Valley of Chitral, west of Garam Chishma in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[3]
The Garam Chishma 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.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Munji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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Further reading
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