Madaklashti

Madaklashti dialect

Madaklashti dialect

Dialect of the Persian language spoken in Madaklasht, Pakistan

Madaklashti (also known as Madaglashti) is a dialect of Persian, spoken in the village of Madaklasht which is located in the Shishikoh valley in Lower Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is closely related to the Dari-Tajik dialects spoken in the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.[2][3] It is completely isolated from other languages in the area and rarely draws any loanwords from Khowar.[4] Madaklashti was also influenced by Pamiri languages especially Rushani.[5]

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  1. [1]
    "Madaklasht Valley-Unseen Persian Community in Hindukush Mountains".
  2. [2]
    Akhunzada, Fakhruddin (September 2019). "Madaklashti: A Persian-Speaking Community Of Northern Pakistan" – via ResearchGate.
  3. [3]
    "Mera Chitral: Tribes of Chitral". Merachitral.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  4. [4]
    http://www.mahraka.com/pdf/madaklashti.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. [5]
    @gorgonzola34 (March 14, 2021). "Madaklashti's a local dialect of Farsi, and the Madaklashtis are essentially Badakshani-origin Tajiks. Interestingly, they say their dialect's closer to Tajikistan's Tajiki than it is to Dari" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-08-07 – via Twitter.[better source needed]
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