Munji (مونجى)

Munji is a member of the Eastern Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian languages. It is spoken by about 5,300 people in northeastern Afghanistan, mainly in the Mamalgha and Munjan valleys in the Kuran wa Munjan district of Badakhshan Province. It is official recognised as a Statutory language of provincial identity in Badakhshan Province.

Munji is also known as Munjani, Munjigi or Munjiwar. There are two dialects, Northern Munji and Southern Munji, which are mutually intelligible. It is written with the Arabic alphabet, and it used in schools and literature to some extent.

Arabic alphabet for Munji

Download an alphabet chart for Munji (Excel)

Sample text

باد ڤاۍ له حيساگي ۍيکيت که وه ڤه ۍؤ حيسايش نه پؤرانش ديلد وه يؤ حيسا نه پشݢانش ديلد.

Transliteration

Bād vāy la hīsāgī yīkīt ka wa va yū hīsāyiš na pūrāniš dīld wa yū hīsā na pišḱāniš dīld.

Translation

Then she divided it into two portions so that she could give her son his portion and one portion to the cat.

Details provided by Michael Peter Füstumum

Sample video in Munji

Links

Information about Munji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munji_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mnj
https://zabanha.af/languages/munji
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-phonetic-association/article/munji/

Iranian languages

Avestan,Bactrian Baluchi,Bartangi,Dari,Gilaki,Hazaragi,Ishkashimi,Judeo-Persian,Juhuri,Khufi,Kumzari,Kurdish,Luri,Mazandarani,Munji,Ossetian,Ormuri,Oroshor,Persian,Parthian,Pashto,Rushani,Sanglechi,Sarikoli,Shabaki,Shughni,Tajik,Talysh,Tat,Wakhi,Wanetsi,Yaghnobi,Yazghulami,Yidgha,Zazaki

Languages written with the Arabic script

Adamaua Fulfulde,Aer,Afrikaans,Arabic (Algerian),Arabic (Bedawi),Arabic (Chadian),Arabic (Egyptian),Arabic (Gulf),Arabic (Hassaniya),Arabic (Hejazi),Arabic (Lebanese),Arabic (Libyan),Arabic (Modern Standard),Arabic (Moroccan),Arabic (Najdi),Arabic (Sudanese),Arabic (Syrian),Arabic (Tunisian),Arwi,Äynu,Azeri,Balanta-Ganja,Balti,Baluchi,Beja,Belarusian,Bosnian,Brahui,Chagatai,Chechen,Chittagonian,Comorian,Crimean Tatar,Dameli,Dargwa,Dari,Dhatki,Dogri,Domari,Gawar Bati,Gawri,Gilaki,Hausa,Hazaragi,Hindko,Humburi Senni,Indus Kohistani,Kabyle,Kalkoti,Karachay-Balkar,Karakalpak,Kashmiri,Kazakh,Khowar,Khorasani Turkic,Khwarezmian,Konkani,Kumzari,Kurdish,Kyrgyz,Lezgi,Lop,Luri,Maasina Fulfulde,Maba,Maguindanao,Malay,Malay (Terengganu),Mandinka,Marwari,Mazandarani,Mogholi,Morisco,Mozarabic,Munji,Noakhailla,Nubi,Ormuri,Palula,Parkari Koli,Pashto,Persian/Farsi,Punjabi,Qashqai,Rajasthani,Rohingya,Salar,Saraiki,Sawi,Serer,Shabaki,Shina,Shughni,Sindhi,Somali,Soninke,Tatar,Tausūg,Tawallammat Tamajaq,Tayart Tamajeq,Ternate,Torwali,Turkish,Urdu,Ushoji,Uyghur,Uzbek,Wakhi,Wanetsi,Wolof,Xiao'erjing,Yidgha

Page created: 28.06.22. Last modified: 29.06.22

[top]

You can support this site byBuying Me A Coffee, and if you like what you see on this page, you can use the buttons below to share it with people you know.

The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com

If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by making a donation viaPayPal orPatreon, or bycontributing in other ways. Omniglot is how I make my living.

Note: all links on this site toAmazon.com,Amazon.co.uk andAmazon.fr are affiliate links. This means I earn a commission if you click on any of them and buy something. So by clicking on these links you can help to support this site.