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The Effect of Accessibility on Language Vitality: The Ishkashimi and the Sanglechi Speech Varieties in Afghanistan

Simone Beck. 2012. The Effect of Accessibility on Language Vitality: The Ishkashimi and the Sanglechi Speech Varieties in Afghanistan. Linguistic Discovery 10.2: 157-233.

Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
2,500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 2

A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.

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Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 3

Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.

3
Transmission

Transmission -1

All members of the community, including children, speak the language.

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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"In the Ishkashim area Ishkashimi and Dari are used to a similar extent in the primary domains of the family and the community. Ishkashimi is used occasionally in the secondary domain of travel and trade. It is very sporadically spoken in the secondary domains of education and religion, but not enough and not in a structured enough way to be even considered here and to impact the vitality of the language. People mainly use Dari in the remaining secondary domains of media and administration."

Location and Context
Countries
Afghanistan; Tajikistan
Location Description

The Ishkashimi-speaking villages are located mainly in Ishkashim town of the Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. "Ishkashim town lies north of the mouth of the Wakhan corridor, near to the Panj river, which marks the border to Tajikistan. A few partly Ishkashimi-speaking villages are located some kilometres north of Ishkashim town. Ishkashimi is also spoken in Tajikstan, in the villages of Ryn and Sumjin, across the border from Ishkashim."

Government Support
None
Institutional Support
None
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Dari (one of the national languages of Afghanistan)
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Almost all
Domains of Other Languages:
None

Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
No scripts were developed for Ishkashmi spoken in Afghanistan.

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