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Pamiri

Pamiri

9.9
One of the languages spoken in the Pamir mountains
  • noun
: idioma pamirí
  • She published a grammar of the Pamiri spoken in the Bartang valley.

Examples

  • The Pamiri language has many dialects.

  • Linguists are working to document the endangered Pamiri languages.

  • Many people in the region speak a Pamiri as their first language.

  • Have you ever heard a Pamiri speaker?

  • Many people in the region speak a Pamiri as their first language.

  • Linguists are working to document the endangered Pamiri languages.

  • She published a grammar of the Pamiri spoken in the Bartang valley.

Synonyms

Wakhi
vsPamiri
1 9.9

A person who lives in the high mountains of Central Asia or the language that person speaks

refers to several related eastern Iranian languages spoken in the same mountains

Surface Forms

Pamiri singular
Pamiris plural

Morphology

Pamiri = Pamir (transparent) = Pamir + i

Formed directly from the place name 'Pamir' plus the suffix '-i' indicating origin/demonym or language; the relationship is clearly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Pamiri comes from the name of the Pamir Mountains. It is used for the local Eastern Iranian languages, so a Pamiri language is a language 'of the Pamir' spoken in the mountain valleys.