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Preferred term

prcParachi  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Parachi Language is a member of the Southeastern branch of the Eastern Iranian languages, but attempts to classify Parachi in the Northwestern Iranian languages have also been made. Parachi is spoken by some 600 individuals of the Paracha ethnic group in Afghanistan mainly in the upper part of Nijrab watershed (north of Kabul), out of a total ethnic Parachi population of some 5,000. It is related to the Ormuri language of Kaniguram in South Waziristan, Pakistan.

Entry terms

  • Parachi language

ISO 639-3 code

  • prc

Notation

  • prc

In other languages

  • Parachi

    French

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/prc

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