Sarikoli language

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Sarikoli
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Native toChina, Pakistan
EthnicityPamiri people
Native speakers16,000  (2000)
Language family
Writing systemArabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3srh
Linguasphere58-ABD-eb
Sarikoli Language in Xinjiang.png
Xinjiang province. Light blue are areas where Sarikoli is spoken.

The Sarikoli language (also Selekur, Sarikul, Sariqul, Sariköli) is an indigenous Pamiri language spoken by the Pamiri people in Xinjiang, China and northern Pakistan.[1] It is an endangered language spoken by only 16,000 people.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sarikoli | Ethnologue Free (in en). Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  2. ↑ Aziz, Muhammad Abdul. Plant Use Adaptation in Pamir: Sarikoli Foraging in the Wakhan Area, Northern Pakistan (in en). Biology 11 (10) (2022). p. 1543. doi:10.3390/biology11101543.