WAKHIC, (XIC VOR) LANGUAGE IS ENLISTED IN DANGEROUS ONE'S,WHERE THEY LIVE, WHO THEY ARE? WHERE THEY LIVE? SHORT HISTORY etc.

1. China Xinjiang Regions 448-
500 Years
Afghanistan NE
Regions
Tajikistan.
Regions
Pakistan N Regions
-Message of the day from HCF & GECA:
-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.

4. Wakhis of the Four
Countries
Courtesy Ali Rehmat Mosofer

5. -First PhD, Scholar, on Wakhic Language, of
Tajik and Russian Academy of Sciences,
Tajikistan & Moscow.
Noor PT

6. UNESCO Resource

7. Iranian Language Family
UNESCO Resources

8. Wakhi Speakers
Xik zik
Native Speaker- 58,000 (1992-
2012)

9. Wakhi Speakers Native
Places within Pakistan

10. TEHSIL Guhjal/ Gojal
HUNZA-Pakistan.
-Curtsey to Zulfiqar IUCN.

11. Introduction of Xik Zik
(Wakhi)
• The word itself, Wakhi,
is derived from the
word Wakhan, which
means the inhabitants
of Wakhan.
• This is because Wakhi
originated in Wakhan
Badakhshan and
Central Asia, but as its
inhabitants migrated
to upper parts of -
Gojal, some parts of
Ghizer district and
Broghal valley of
Chitral.
• The word itself, Wakhi,
is derived from the
word Wakhan, which
means the inhabitants
of Wakhan.
• This is because Wakhi
originated in Wakhan
Badakhshan and
Central Asia, but as its
inhabitants migrated
to upper parts of -
Gojal, some parts of
Ghizer district and
Broghal valley of
Chitral.
Courtesy to Baig

12. PRESENT HISTORYCAL LEGACY OF
WAKHAN
Native Wakhic Residents
Places-from Wakhan:
•Pakistan Northern -Regions –
Time of Alexander the Great.
•Afghanistan North East Wakhan –
Regions-1895
•Tajikistan South East Wakhan –
Regions-1895
•China Xingjian Pamir -Regions
-Time of Alexander the Great.

13. Orthography
• Writing system have been developed
for the language using,
• Arabic script,
• Cyrillic and,
• A modified Roman alphabet,

14. 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,

15. Wakhi Alphabets
Arabic Alphabet for
Wakhi
Latin Alphabet for
Wakhi

16. Estimated number of
Pamiri Communities

17. Variants and dialects
• Guhjal/Gojal
• Ishkoman
• Yasin
• Central Wakhi
• Yarkhun
• Eastern Wakhi
• Western Wakhi

18. Contribution toward its
preservation
• The Wakhi language has not been written and
read amongst traditional Wakhi speakers, who
have been illiterate.
• However, recently effort is being made to
introduce and familiarize the young generation of
Wakhi speakers with its formation and usage.
One such person to make this effort .
• the first English Linguist to produce a Wakhi
vocabulary book written in Roman Script, based
upon occlusive research on the Wakhi language.

19. Renowned Wakhi Writers
from Gojal
• Asmat Ullah Mushfiq (Urdu & Arbic)
• Mowla Burdhi (Urdu & Arabic)
• Muhammad Qaiser (Arabic & China), Zinjiang University-
• Haqiqat Ali (First Premier -Combination Of Russian Roman)
• Ahmad Jami Sakhi (Urdu)
• Ali Quraban
• Karim Khan Saka ( Book, Lets Speak Wakhic)
• Nazir Ahmed BulBul ( First Wakhic Poetry Book)
• Fazal Amin Baig
• Ahmed Aziz
• Sunowar
• Saif uddin Saif
• Faiz Raheem
• Aman ullah Nacheez
• Raza Baig
• Ijaz Karim
• Shahid Akhter
• Akhun Bai
• ZakirRumi