Mogholi language

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The Mogholi language is an endangered Mongolic language historically spoken by a small community in Afghanistan, notable for its heavy influence from Persian and its near extinction today.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mogholi language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongolic language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Moghol ⓘ
Mogul ⓘ
classificationStatus Mongolic ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
culturalAssociation descendants of Mongol armies in Afghanistan ⓘ
documentedBy linguists in the 20th century ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to Dari ⓘ
language shift to Persian ⓘ
small speaker population ⓘ
ethnicGroup Moghol people ⓘ
geographicDistribution rural settlements near Herat ⓘ
grammaticalInfluenceFrom Persian language ⓘ
hasFeature Mongolic core grammar ⓘ
Persian-influenced phonology ⓘ
Persian-influenced syntax ⓘ
heavy Persian loanword usage ⓘ
historicalOrigin Mongol military settlers in Afghanistan ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUse post-Mongol conquest era ⓘ
influencedBy Dari Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Persian language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code mhj ⓘ
languageFamily Mongolic languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo Dari Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language ⓘ
linguisticArea Iranian linguistic area ⓘ
primaryContactLanguage Dari ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
region Herat Province ⓘ
northwestern Afghanistan ⓘ
relatedTo Hazaragi language ⓘ
linked to: Hazaragi dialect

Mongolian language ⓘ
other Central Asian Mongolic varieties ⓘ
spokenBy Moghol community ⓘ
linked to: Moghol people
spokenIn Afghanistan ⓘ
status nearly extinct ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Western Mongolic languages ⓘ
typologicalProfile mixed Mongolic–Persian features ⓘ
usageDomain oral communication ⓘ
usageTrend declining ⓘ
vitality critically low number of speakers ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script (romanization) ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mongolic languages → hasPart → Mogholi language ⓘ
Mongolic languages → languageFamilyOf → Mogholi language ⓘ
Proto-Mongolic language → hasDescendant → Mogholi language ⓘ