Iranian ethnic group native to Central and South Asia
Ethnic group
Wakhis
A Wakhi girl photographed near the village of Zood Khun in the Chapursan Valley of Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan
Total population
c. 100,000–120,000[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan
64,000 (2018)[citation needed]
Afghanistan
21,000 (2018)[citation needed]
Tajikistan
20,000 (2018)[citation needed]
China
14,000 (2018)[citation needed]
Languages
Wakhi
Religion
Predominantly Islam (Isma'ili Shia)
Related ethnic groups
Other Iranian peoples Especially Ossetians and Yaghnobis
The Wakhi people (Wakhi: ښیک مردمِش, Pashto: د واخان وګړي, Shughni: Waxiēn, Persian: مردمان وخی; Russian: Ваханцы; Chinese: 瓦汗 or 瓦罕), also locally referred to as the Wokhik (وخیک),[3] are an Iranian ethnic group native to Central and South Asia. They are found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and China—primarily situated in and around Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, the northernmost part of Pakistan's Gilgit−Baltistan and Chitral, Tajikistan's Gorno−Badakhshan Autonomous Region and the southwestern areas of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.[4] The Wakhi people are native speakers of the Wakhi language, an Eastern Iranian language.
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^Kreutzmann, Hermann (3 September 2003). "Ethnic minorities and marginality in the Pamirian Knot: survival of Wakhi and Kirghiz in a harsh environment and global contexts". The Geographical Journal. 169 (3). Blackwell Publishing: 215–235. doi:10.1111/1475-4959.00086.
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Steblin-Kamenskiĭ, I. M. (1988). La langue wakhi. Vol. 1. Corpus de littérature orale. Les Editions de la MSH. pp. 138-149 (Wakhi text), 149-161 (French translation)...
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independent summit of its own subrange. Disteghil sar is a Wakhi language word suggested by the Wakhipeople of Shimshal, meaning "above the inner ranch." The...
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