Sarikoli language

Sarikoli
tujik ziv
Native toChina, Pakistan
EthnicityPamiri people
Native speakers
(16,000 cited 2000)
Indo-European
Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3srh
ELPSarikoli
Linguasphere58-ABD-eb
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". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  2. Aziz, Muhammad Abdul; Ullah, Zahid; Adnan, Muhammad; Sõukand, Renata; Pieroni, Andrea (2022). "Plant Use Adaptation in Pamir: Sarikoli Foraging in the Wakhan Area, Northern Pakistan". Biology. 11 (10): 1543. doi:10.3390/biology11101543. ISSN 2079-7737. PMC 9599004. PMID 36290446.