Parachi language

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Parachi
Native to Afghanistan
Region Kabul
Ethnicity 6000
Native speakers 600  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 prc

The Parachi Language is a member of the Southeastern branch of the Eastern Iranian languages,[1] but attempts to classify Parachi in the Northwestern Iranian languages have also been made.[2] 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.

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  1. ^ Nicholas Sims-Williams, Eastern Iranian languages, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, 2010
  2. ^ Ethnologue report for Iranian