Ishkashimi

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A language of Afghanistan

Badakhshan province: Ishkashim and Wakham districts; north of Ishkashim in Bahar Bazar, Darwan, Qaz Deh, Xermani, Zargaran, and Zayad villages.

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Tajikistan

Language NameIshkashimi

User Population

500 in Tajikistan (1990 A. Kibrik).

Location

Kuhistoni Badakhshon region: Ryn and Sumjin villages, near Ishkashim.

Alternate Names

Ishkashim

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Language Use

Ishkashimi is very vital. This is because the fathers very much insist on their children acquiring Ishkashimi as their first language when they grow up. Home, village. Used by all. Positive attitudes.

Other Comments

Muslim.

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