Yidgha people

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The Yidgha people are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting the remote valleys of northern Pakistan’s Chitral region, known for their Eastern Iranian Yidgha language and distinct cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yidgha people canonical 4
Yidgha ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
bilingualism many also speak Khowar ⓘ
some speak Urdu ⓘ
clanStructure village-based kinship groups ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
countryMinorityStatus ethnic minority in Pakistan ⓘ
culturalTradition agro-pastoral lifestyle ⓘ
distinct local customs ⓘ
oral folklore ⓘ
traditional dress specific to Chitral region ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic small population size ⓘ
economicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
educationAccess limited in remote villages ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Yidgha–Munji ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Yidgha language ⓘ
geographicEnvironment high mountain valleys ⓘ
historicalRegion Hindu Kush ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
languageShiftPressure pressure from dominant regional languages such as Khowar and Urdu ⓘ
languageStatus Yidgha language is endangered ⓘ
linguisticMinorityStatus endangered language community ⓘ
migrationPattern some seasonal and labor migration to urban centers ⓘ
neighboringGroup Kalash people ⓘ
Kho people ⓘ
primaryLanguage Yidgha language ⓘ
province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
region Chitral District ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Khowar-speaking people ⓘ
Munji people ⓘ
relatedLanguage Munji language ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
residenceArea Garum Chashma Valley ⓘ
Lutkuh Valley ⓘ
remote valleys of northern Pakistan ⓘ
scriptUsedForLanguage Arabic script (for Yidgha language, non-standardized) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Yidgha → spokenBy → Yidgha people ⓘ
Yidgha language → hasSpeakerCommunity → Yidgha people ⓘ
Yidgha → usedBy → Yidgha ethnic group ⓘ
subject linked to: Yudga
linked to: Yidgha people
Yudgha → hasEthnicGroup → Yidgha people ⓘ
Munji people → relatedGroup → Yidgha people ⓘ