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Wakhi is an endangered language spoken by less than 70,000 people in highly mountainous, neihrboring, regions in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China and Pakistan. 

Classified under the "Pamiri" group of Eastern-Iranian languages, Wakhi shares features with Saka and Qumshutese, extinct languages.