Parachi language

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Parachi
Native toAfghanistan
RegionKabul
Native speakers
3,500 (2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3prc
Glottologpara1299
ELPParachi
Ghulam Maheuddin, Parachi from Ghulam Maheuddin, Parachi from Deh-i Kal in Shutul, northeast of Charikar. September 1924.
Ghulam Maheuddin, a Parachi man from Deh-i-Kal in Shutul valley, northeast of Charikar, photographed by Georg Morgenstierne in September 1924.

Parachi (Parāčī) is an

Kabul
, out of a total ethnic Parachi population of some 5,000.

It is closely related to the

South Waziristan, Pakistan. Parachi is usually classified as a member of the Southeastern group of the Eastern Iranian languages,[2] although this is an areal
group rather than a genetical one.

References

  1. ^ Parachi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Nicholas Sims-Williams, Eastern Iranian languages, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, 2010

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