subclass_of rushani dialect
Gojal , also known as Gojal ___MASK32___ , is a ___MASK32___ situated in the far north of Pakistan . It borders Pakistan and China at Khunjerab Pass and Afghanistan at Chipurson ___MASK32___ . It is the largest tehsil of the Gilgit - Baltistan region of Pakistan . A landlocked ___MASK89___ or landlocked country is a ___MASK96___ entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines ___MASK27___ on closed seas . There are currently 48 such countries , including four partially recognised states . Only two , Bolivia and Paraguay in South America , ___MASK27___ outside Afro - Eurasia ( the Old World ). The Panj ___MASK4___ , also known as " Pyandzh ___MASK4___ " or " Pyanj ___MASK4___ " ( derived from its ___MASK11___ name "  / Pjandž "), is a tributary of the Amu Darya . The river is 1 , 125 km long and forms a considerable part of the Afghanistan - Tajikistan border . The ___MASK77___ are a subgroup of the Iranian languages emerging in Middle Iranian times ( from c . the 4th century BC ). The Avestan language is often classified as early Eastern Iranian . The largest living Eastern Iranian language is Pashto , with some 50 - 60 million speakers between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan . As opposed to the Middle Western Iranian dialects , the Middle Eastern Iranian preserves word - final syllables . Uzbekistan , officially the ___MASK88___ of Uzbekistan , is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia . It is a unitary , constitutional , presidential ___MASK88___ , comprising twelve provinces , one autonomous ___MASK88___ and a ___MASK59___ city . Uzbekistan is bordered by five landlocked countries : Kazakhstan to the north ; Tajikistan to the southeast ; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast ; Afghanistan to the south ; and Turkmenistan to the southwest . Iran (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic ___MASK88___ of Iran (' ), is a sovereign state in ___MASK81___ Asia . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh ___MASK88___ , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian ___MASK84___ ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area of , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , Iran is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian ___MASK84___ and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and ___MASK81___ Asia , and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz , make it of great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . China , officially the ___MASK47___ ' s ___MASK88___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its ___MASK59___ is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( abbreviated as KP ; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan , located in the northwestern region of the ___MASK37___ . It was formerly known as North - West Frontier ___MASK58___ ( NWFP ) and commonly called " Sarhad ", which in Urdu means " frontier ." Its provincial ___MASK59___ and largest city is Peshawar , followed by Mardan . It shares borders with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the west ; Gilgit  Baltistan to the northeast ; Azad Kashmir , Islamabad and Punjab to the east and southeast . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa " does not " share a border with Balochistan , which lies to its southwest . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also shares an international border with Afghanistan , connected through the Khyber Pass . Pakistan ( or ), officially the Islamic ___MASK88___ of Pakistan , is a federal parliamentary ___MASK88___ in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and ___MASK81___ Asia . It is the sixth - most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of ___MASK40___ with an ___MASK40___ covering . Pakistan has a coastline along the Arabian ___MASK84___ and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . Pashto (; " Pax  ___MASK45___ " ), also known in older ___MASK1___ as Afghn or Pahn , is the South - Central Asian language of the Pashtuns . Its speakers are called Pashtuns or Pukhtuns and sometimes Afghans or Pathans . It is an Eastern Iranian language , belonging to the Indo - European ___MASK75___ . Pashto is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan , and it is the second - largest regional language of Pakistan , mainly spoken in the west and northwest of the country . Pakistan ' s Federally Administered Tribal Areas ( FATA ) are almost 100 % Pashto - speaking , while it is the majority language of the ___MASK58___ of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the northern districts of Balochistan . Pashto is the main language among the Pashtun diaspora around the world . The total number of Pashto - speakers is estimated to be 45  60 million people worldwide . The Pamir Mountains , or the Pamirs , are a ___MASK29___ in Central Asia at the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan , Karakoram , Kunlun , ___MASK98___ Kush and ___MASK98___ Raj ranges . They are among the world  s highest mountains . Badakhshan ___MASK58___ (" Badaxšn wilyat " and Persian :   " Velâyate Badaxšân ") is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan , located in the farthest northeastern part of the country between Tajikistan and northern Pakistan . It shares a 56 . 5 miles ( 91 km ) border with China . Kyrgyzstan (; " Kyrgyzstan "), officially the Kyrgyz ___MASK88___ (" Krgz Respublikas "; " Kyrgyzskaya Respublika "), formerly known as Kirghizia , is a country in Central Asia . Landlocked and mountainous , Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north , Uzbekistan to the west and southwest , Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east . Its ___MASK59___ and largest city is Bishkek . The Pamir languages are an areal ___MASK74___ of the ___MASK77___ , spoken by numerous people in the Pamir Mountains , primarily along the Panj River and its tributaries . This includes the Badakhshan Province of Northeastern Afghanistan and the Gorno - Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Eastern Tajikistan . Pamir communities are also found in the adjacent Chitral District , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gojal , Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan . Sarikoli , one of the languages of the Pamir ___MASK74___ , is spoken beyond the Sarikol Range on the Afghanistan - China border , and thus qualifies as the easternmost of the extant Iranian languages . The only other living member of the Southeastern Iranian ___MASK74___ is Pashto . Turkmenistan ( or ); formerly known as Turkmenia is a ___MASK37___ in Central Asia , bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest , Uzbekistan to the north and east , Afghanistan to the southeast , Iran to the south and southwest , and the Caspian ___MASK84___ to the west . Rushani is a dialect of Shughnani ( also referred to as Shughni ) , one of the Pamir languages spoken in Afghanistan and Tajikistan . The Roshan ___MASK40___ is located in the northern ___MASK92___ of the Shighnan District , in the Badakhshan ___MASK58___ of Afghanistan . Roshan consists of six villages , five of which are located on the bank of the river Panj , which meets at the border of Tajikistan . Most Rushani speakers belong to the Ismaili branch of Shi ' a Islam . Afghanistan ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic ___MASK88___ of Afghanistan , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population of approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd most populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan in the north ; and China in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . Afghan ( Pashto also ___MASK28___ :  ; see " etymology ") refers to someone or something from Afghanistan , in particular a citizen of that country . Prior to the rise of the nation as Afghanistan , it was used by ___MASK28___ speakers and those influenced by the ___MASK28___ ___MASK90___ to denote the ___MASK87___ . In modern times , " Afghan " is rarely used as an ethnic term for the Pashtuns , but is rather used as the national demonym for all citizens of Afghanistan  Pashtuns , Tajiks , and also a large number of Hazaras , Uzbeks , Aimaqs , Turkmens , Balochs , Nuristanis , Pashayis , Pamiris , Arabs , and others . According to the " Encyclopædia Iranica ", the word Afghan ( afn ) in current political usage means any citizen of Afghanistan , regardless of their tribal or ___MASK85___ affiliation . According to the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan , all Afghans are equal in rights and obligations before the law . The fourth article of the current Constitution of Afghanistan states that citizens of Afghanistan consist of Pashtuns , Tajiks , Hazara , Uzbek , Turkmen , Aymaq , Arab , Baluch , Pashayi , Nuristani , Qezelbash , Gujjars , Brahui , and members of other tribes . Central Asia or Middle Asia is the core region of the Asian ___MASK55___ and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north . It is also colloquially referred to as " the ' stans " ( as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "- stan ", meaning " land of ") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian ___MASK55___ . The Wakhan Corridor ( alternatively Vakhan Corridor , or Wakhan ) is the narrow strip of ___MASK38___ in northeastern Afghanistan that extends to China and separates Tajikistan from Pakistan . The corridor , wedged between the Pamirs to the north and the Karakoram ___MASK50___ to the south , is about long and wide . Chitral is the largest ___MASK73___ in the Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa ___MASK58___ of Pakistan , covering an area of 14 , 850 km² . It is the northernmost ___MASK73___ of Pakistan . It shares a border with Gilgit - Baltistan to the east , with Kunar , Badakshan and Nuristan provinces of Afghanistan to the north and west , and with the Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa districts of Swat and Dir to the south . A narrow strip of Wakhan Corridor separates Chitral from Tajikistan in the north . Tajikistan (, or ), officially the ___MASK88___ of Tajikistan (" Çumhuriji Toçikiston "), is a mountainous , landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated 8 million people in 2013 , and an area of . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south , Uzbekistan to the west , Kyrgyzstan to the north , and China to the east . Pakistan lies to the south , separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor . Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present - ___MASK64___ Tajikistan , Afghanistan and Uzbekistan . South Asia or Southern Asia is a ___MASK70___ used to represent the southern region of the Asian ___MASK55___ , which comprises the sub - Himalayan SAARC countries and , for some authorities , adjoining countries to the west and east . Topographically , it is dominated by the Indian Plate , which rises above sea level as Nepal and northern parts of India situated south of the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush . South Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land ( clockwise , from west ) by West Asia , Central Asia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia .