The digital home of the Wakhi language
X̌ikwor: A Living Language
Learn to read and write Wakhi, explore our culture and poetry, and connect with Wakhi communities in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and China.
From the Wakhi alphabet
X̌x̌
Č̣č̣
Ɣ̌ɣ̌
Ẓ̌ẓ̌
Ʒʒ
Δδ
Ʉʉ
Ǝǝ
Ɣ̌ɣ̌
Explore every letter of the Wakhi alphabet — how it sounds, how it is written, and words that use it.
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China
Xǝbar · Latest
Stories from our community
Č̣ineere Rasm
X̌ik mʉrdʉme diyot rasmi pǝ diquniɣ̌ woz šʉpʉniɣ̌ pǝdras. Č̣inire rasmeṣ̌ Yurke fasl zart ɣirnen qiti šexsuven. Dǝ Jǝmot Xonaeṣ̌ soate ilon wost woz sahar saharep har yiw yoy dǝlimanen…
Xǝbar · News — 27 Jul 2026
Gulmit Apricot Festival Ends
Ce 22 torixen dǝ Gulmit oɣoz x̌etkung ‘Čuwane Yus’ yeze tǝr yand niyeṣ̌te. Hǝdem…
Xǝbar · News — 24 Jul 2026
Gulmit Apricot Festival
Č̌uwane Yusiɣ̌, dǝ Gulmit kʉnjuʉδi yem waxt Čuwane Yusiɣ̌e hafta zǝvetk. Gulmit Village Organisation…
Xǝbar · News — 13 May 2026
Mawlana Shah Rahim Pakistan Visit
Olame Ismoili ye cʉbʉr-wiste δasʉng Imom, Noor Mawlona Shah Rahim eṣ̌ cem mʉye wisten…
Šoiri · Poetry — 28 Mar 2026
Spo Č̣eẓ̌mep Ʒaq Yaṣ̌k Kart
Spo č̣eẓ̌mep ʒaq yaṣ̌k kart, spo ruhi xoyim nastWizteṣ̌ woz ya nʉr x̌at, nungi…
Adab · Literature — 25 Jul 2025
Qur’one Poken X̌ikwor Ziker Tarjuma
Kʉnjʉδ, Pokiston: Kirim Xon Saka, (Karim Khan Saka) yi X̌ik zike taqiq kor woz…
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The Wakhi Living Dictionary
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150 years of Wakhi words, searchable in one place.
Entries gathered from historic and modern scholarship — with pronunciations, meanings, example sentences and dialect notes. Open
Built from
1876
R. B. Shaw — On the Ghalchah Languages (Wakhi and Sarikoli)
1938
G. Morgenstierne — Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages, Vol. II
Today
IE-CoR lexical database — Wakhi of Wakhan, Afghanistan
Photographs
The Wakhi world, in pictures
Valleys, villages, festivals and faces — photographs shared by our community.
Listen & Watch
Hear Wakhi spoken
Songs, poetry readings, interviews and lessons — follow along wherever you are.
Our story
Started by a few friends. Carried by a whole community.
Wakhi is an endangered language. For nearly two decades, volunteers have been gathering it online so that the next generation can read, hear and write it.
2008
Xikmurdum.ning.com
One of the earliest community-led efforts to digitize and safeguard the Wakhi language.
2016
Wakhi.org launches
A dedicated home connecting Wakhi communities across Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
Today
Learning, archives and a living dictionary
Modern tools, cultural archives and community projects to keep Wakhi thriving for future generations.
Every word you share keeps Wakhi alive.
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