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}} The Yidgha language is a Pamir language spoken in the Upper Lutkuh Valley (Tehsil Lotkuh) of Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
west of Garam Chashma in Pakistan. Yidgha is similar to the Munji language spoken on the Afghan side of the border. The Garam
Chashma area became important during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan because the Soviets were unable to stop the flow of
arms and men back and forth across the Dorah Pass that separates Chitral from Badakshan in Afghanistan. Almost the entire
Munji-speaking population of Afghanistan fled across the border to Chitral during the War in Afghanistan. The Pamir is a high
plateau sometimes called the roof of the world that joins Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China and Kashmir. Marco Polo
is believed to have crossed the Pamir Mountains on his way to China. The Yidgha language has not been given serious study
by linguists, except that it is mentioned by Georg Morgenstierne (1926), Kendall Decker (1992), Rehmat Aziz Chitrali and Badshah
Munir Bukhari (2005). A 280-page joint description of Yidgha and Munji (descriptive and historical phonetics and grammar,
glossary with etymologies where possible) is given by Morgenstierne (1938). Norwegian linguist Georg Morgenstierne wrote that
Chitral is the area of the greatest linguistic diversity in the world. Although Khowar is the predominant language of Chitral,
more than ten other languages are spoken here. These include Kalasha-mun, Palula, Dameli, Gawar-Bati, Nuristani, Yidgha, Burushaski,
Gujar, Wakhi, Kyrgyz, Persian and Pashto. Since many of these languages have no written form, letters are usually written
in Urdu or Persian. |
Names (more)[br] Yidgeg[bg] Йъдгайски език [en] Yidgha language [et] Jidga keel [pl] Język yidgański [ru] Йидга [th] ภาษายิดคา [ur] یدغہ زبان |
Language type : Living
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