Native speakers 5,300 (2008) ISO 639-3 mnj | Writing system None Glottolog munj1244 | |
Native to Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan Language family Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Eastern
Munji–Yidgha?
Munji | ||
The Munji language, also Munjani, Munjhan, and Munjiwar language, is a Pamir language spoken in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. It is similar to the Yidgha language which is spoken in the Upper Lotkoh Valley of Chitral, west of Garam Chishma in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
The Garam Chishma 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. Between the two dialects spoken in the area of Mamalgha Valley and the area of Munjan Valley, differed as the Northern and Southern Dialects, the language has moved to parts of Chitral after the War in Afghanistan forced the people to flee to safer areas. Almost the entire Munji-speaking population of Afghanistan fled across the border to Chitral during the War in Afghanistan.