Yidgha-Munji people

Yidgha-Munji
یدغا-مونجی مردم
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan9,600[1]
 Afghanistan5,300[2]
Languages
Yidgha, Munji
Also Persian and Khowar
Religion
Islam (Nizari Isma'ilism)
Related ethnic groups
Wakhi, Shughni, other Pamiris

The Yidgha-Munji people (مردمې مونجی وې یدغا) also known as Mukhbani (مُخبانی) are the Iranian-Pamiri peoples inhabiting the Lotkoh Valley in Chitral (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Kuran wa Munjan District in Badakhshan in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.[3]

  1. ^ "PeopleGroups.org - Yidgha". peoplegroups.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. ^ "Munji". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  3. ^ "About Lower Chitral". lowerchitral.kp.gov.pk. Retrieved 14 October 2022.