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Parya
Парья
Native toTajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
RegionGissar Valley, Surkhandarya basin
Native speakers
1,600 in Tajikistan (2017)e23
2,600 total speakers (no date)[1] 1,000 in Uzbekistan (no date)[2]
extinct in Afghanistan (no date)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3paq
Glottologpary1242
ELPParya

Parya is an endangered isolated Indo-Aryan language spoken in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is extinct is Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is closely related to Hindi.[4]

References

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  1. Parya language at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020) closed access
  2. Languages of Uzbekistan at Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
  3. Parya language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  4. https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/11/26/05/112605693665137982433876189401654188162/silesr2010_014.pdf