Parya | |
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Парйа | |
Native to | Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan |
Region | Gissar Valley, Surkhandarya basin |
Native speakers | 2,600 (2008–2017)[1] Tajikistan: 1,600 (2017)[1] Uzbekistan: 1,000 (2008)[1] Afghanistan: Extinct (no date)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | paq |
Glottolog | pary1242 |
ELP | Parya |
Parya (Tajik alphabet: Парйа) is an isolated Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in the border region between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. There are several thousand speakers worldwide.