Vanji language

Vanji
Spoken in	Bukharan Emirate
Native speakers	Extinct as of the late 19th century  (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Southeastern Pamir Vanji
Writing system	None
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None

The Vanji language, also spelt Vanchi and Vanži, is one of the Pamir languages of the Southeastern Iranian language group. It was spoken in the Vanj River valley in what is now the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province of Tajikistan. In the 19th century the region was forcibly annexed to the Bukharan Emirate and a campaign of violent assimilation undertaken, and by the end of the 19th century, the Vanji language had completely disappeared, displaced by Tajik Persian as a result of assimilation.

References

• Suhrobsho Davlatshoev (January 2006) (PDF). The formation and consolidation of Pamiri ethnic identity in Tajikistan. Master's thesis. Graduate School of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607111/index.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-11.