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THIS BOOK DEALS WITH THE RECOGNITION

Of WAKHI LETTERS

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FOREWORD

Each language het its own identity and entity and is often based and structured on

certain oremmatic form. As suck the Wakhi language also hes us awn identif motion end

lormation. The word itself, Waldo, is derived burn the word Wakhan, which mains the inhabitants of Wakhan. This is because Wakhi originatal in Wakhan Eladakhshan and Central Asia, but as its inhabitants migrated to upper parts of Hunts - Goal, some perts

of Ghizer district and Broglie] valley of Chitral, it *mad to these other areas as well

The Wakhi language is considered to he part of an ancient Iranian branch of Aranian languages, Mt hough it trot been influenced by other languages. Examples of worth used in other languages ore - In English log (leng) eons (Um); Persian. Zanakh, Gosh Mat), Sol

and den, Itoweva, a through research has neva been undertaken to show the extent to which these languages have contributed to in the formation of Willem.

The Wakhi tempest' has not been written and read amongst traditional Wakhi speakers, who have been illiterate. However, recently effort is tieing made to introduce and familiarize the young generation of Wakhi speakers with At formation and usage. One such person to make this ef Ian is D.L.R. Lorimar, the first English Linguist to produce a Wakhi vocabulary book written in Roman Script, based upon occlusive research on the Wakhi language

Another parson to have made a recognizable effort is Mr. Ahmed Jinni Sakhi, who wrote

an article based on the research of Or. Nereus. and De. Aherne Near tid din Nistil Nunzio

on alphabets for Shine and Brothaski languages spoken in the Indus valley surrounding Gilgit. This article was given to the Cajal Students Union in Karachi for publication in their newly created ntagazint Wirkh, whore purpose is to introduce and familiarize the lay person with wekhi dialect.

Further, Dr. George fledges% Professor of Oriental Languages from Maine University in the Federal Republic of Germany, look the initial ivel0 produce an Ifni/Mild enneo of a vocabulary book an Wakhi, Thu profound work has enlightened May ydu Mktg speakers and has given them an incentive to not only acquaint ihsrmalveswth the %kill language, but to develop a closeness with the people of this race.

The above mentioned linguists work resutted in a urisly.tormed script using Roman alphabets end sounds and words taken 1 ram both Eastern and Western languages, such as English, German, Russian and Arabic, Additionally sans and symbols have been added to tultill the idiosyncratic regivrernents of the Wakhi tongue. The net result has yielded Wakhi as a profound language corning into lit Own in combination with the new gene ,

anon of Wakhi spediers shone desires to internationalise and freely cnmmunicate in

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I am proud to say that Mr. Itattesat Ali, E it-HeartOmaner of His Highness Prince Aga Khan 0J. Middle School Pam, has taken the entitling° of expanding an awareness ol Wakhi, being a Wakhi himself and well versed with Wakhi grammar, vocabulary end sounds, Mr.

Haucgal Ali has produced a Primer in Wakhi, language foneof the most difficult, oriental languages). His desire is that Ma will fun her stimulate the younger generation to read

and write Wakhi, and un so doing, poen the door lot the young generation Si Wok lh, Ind

on so doing, open the dour for the young generation of Wakhi spoken to learn the

gramme( o t their own torque and preserve their own culture .

Ghulamudin Chairman H.H Prince Aga Khan Slue Imami Ismailia P.egiona; Education Board rat Northern Areas Hunts_

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