Parya
Facts
- Language: Parya
- Alternate names: Asiatic Romany, Afghana-Yi Nasfurush, Afghana-Yi Siyarui, Laghmani, Pbharya
- Language code: paq
- Language family: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Unclassified (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: <7,500
- Vulnerability: Threatened
- Script: Unwritten.
More information:
Came in 1880 to Tajikistan from Laghman, Afghanistan. Ethnic autonym: Changgars. Subgroup names similar to Changgars of Lahore, and to names used for groups mistakenly called Gypsies. Muslim (Sunni).
Parya is spoken in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Near East.