Munji people

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The Munji people are an ethnic group native to the Munjan Valley of northeastern Afghanistan, known for speaking the Munji language and maintaining distinct cultural and linguistic traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Munji people canonical 10
Sanglechi people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
culturalContinuity maintain distinct cultural and linguistic traditions ⓘ
culturalTradition distinct Munji cultural practices ⓘ
endonymLanguage Munji ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Iranian peoples ⓘ
geographicalEnvironment Hindu Kush mountains ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush
historicalLinguisticRelation descendants of or closely related to ancient Pamir and Eastern Iranian groups ⓘ
language Munji language ⓘ
languageShiftPressure pressure from Dari and Pashto ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language community ⓘ
linguisticFamily Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Afghanistan ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Afghanistan ⓘ
nativeTo Munjan Valley ⓘ
oralTradition strong oral storytelling tradition ⓘ
populationStatus small population ⓘ
region Badakhshan region ⓘ
linked to: Badakhshan
relatedGroup Yidgha people ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType mountain villages ⓘ
usesScript Perso-Arabic script (for Munji language, to a limited extent) ⓘ
vulnerableAspect intergenerational transmission of Munji language ⓘ

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

Munji → spokenBy → Munji people ⓘ
Munji → ethnicGroup → Munji people ⓘ
Munji language → spokenBy → Munji people ⓘ
Munji language → hasEthnicGroup → Munji people ⓘ
Sanglechi language → spokenBy → Sanglechi people ⓘ
linked to: Munji people
Pamiri peoples → hasPart → Sanglechi people ⓘ
linked to: Munji people
Pamiri peoples → hasPart → Munji people ⓘ
Munjan Valley → inhabitedBy → Munji people ⓘ
Munjan Valley → ethnolinguisticGroup → Munji people ⓘ
Munjan Valley → knownFor → Munji people ⓘ
Munjani → usedByEthnicGroup → Munji people ⓘ
Yidgha people → relatedEthnicGroup → Munji people ⓘ