Selom Alaik                    Assalamullakum

Čiz holi?                         How are you?

Wuz'em baf                    I'm fine.

Bidʉrd a/Bidʉrdet a?    Are you doing well?

Wuz'em bidʉrd              I'm doing well. 

Ti nʉngi čiz?                What is your name?

ẓ̌ʉ nʉngi....                    My name is ........

Tuwet kum jayen?         From where are you?

Wuz'em .........                I'm from ................

Obota em vitk                I lost my way.

Yemi kum jai?                Which place is this?

Fidek mar δisva?          Would you guide/show me my path/route?

Tuwet kumer taxk?        Wuz'em hotel taxk

Skem videk tre prʉt rech xhey chap dʉrz.    Go straight and take left turn.

Hotel kum jai?              Where is the hotel?

Ka tra perʉt.                That's ahead

Yem fidekeṣ̌ kʉm jai niwizd?     Where this road leads to?

Yemeṣ̌ tre bozor ɣ̌ena niwizd.    This leads toward the market.

Dekoni kum jai?                         Where is the shop?

Ka tra i                                        It's right there.

Qibla kum ɣ̌ena?                         Where is the direction of Qibla?

Ke trem ɣ̌ena i.                            It's right here.

Yemi cumrer?                             How much this cost?

Yemi δas panʒer                         It is for 15 Rupees

Yemi ti teyksi ya?                       Is this your taxi?

Yan e lol/ x̌oi.                              Yes my brother/sister

wʉzem Kʉjuδ er tax̌k.                 I'm going to Hunza.

Cumrep dʉrz?                              How much will you charge?

Cәmen Kʉjʉδri tru hazor (3000/-).    From here to Hunza we charge three thousand. 

chi gunjoyiši nasta?                            Is there any discount?

Nast, Sakeṣ̌ kam durzen                     No, we already charge less

Saṣ̌t cum tan?                                     How many people you are?

Saken panʒ tan.                                 We are five people.

Cum rorep ṣ̌uper halit?                     For how many nights you will stay here?

Sakep bu ror halaker/bu ṣ̌uper.         We will stay here for two days/two nights 

Pizvan et ṣ̌otep drem yawen.             We will take our breakfast and dinner here

č̣oṣ̌terep sak drem ney wocen.           We will be not here for lunch

Pizvanerep yi toxmʉrg, yi prunṭa woz čoi durzen.  For break fast we will take egg, parratta with tea. 

Sakep šait čoy peven, šayt ʒaq kam wost.    We will take sugar tea but little sweet

Yeh baf borni.                                                 Okay then

Sari maẓ̌ jald xubar.                                         Please wake me up early in the morning?

saken jald nivizner.                                         We are leaving early in the morning

De x̌ʉ heṣ̌woc.                                                 Take care

šabeton e xuš                                                    Good night

Išq'i dem jәhon žu jon ɣafč zur 

Tuw'et be majbur wuzem be majbur 

Rʉmʉṣ̌ bor maẓ̌ay kʉfeytki dunyo

Wuz be tow rʉmṣ̌em mar be car dewo

Išq'eṣ̌ dem jahon sof norawo deṣ̌en

May tu maẓ̌ deṣ̌ bor may wuz tow deṣ̌em

Toweṣ̌ be pʉtrumd ti šarem ti hayo 

Wuzem be ẓ̌erex̌k de rasme dunyo

Towri be wʉṣ̌uk ki wocep beδnom

Mareṣ̌ ba x̌enen may go tam bulo

Išqereṣ̌ jahon e sof keto dešen

May tow maž diš bor may wuz tow dišem

May ɣ̌at tra žu dil ti išqe hawo

May tag tow kʉṣ̌ʉy ẓ̌u bayd žu sedo

May ɣ̌ird trem ẓ̌u dil ti wingay xeyol

May wizit skem ti zik žu nung žu qesa

De išqeṣ̌ wafo yi geno dišen

May tu maž diṣ̌ bor may wuz tow dišem

Tu bor badel žu jon x̌u nazer

Wuzep be lecrem skem x̌ʉ pʉzʉv ɣ̌ar

Raṣ̌tep ceng Bulbul cem ti č̣eẓ̌men ɣ̌ir

Suma et bi keyrt may got yo xaber

Yem ti hijr zehrep x̌u dewo deṣ̌em

Poetry: Nazir Ahmed Bulbul

 Ya žu šini ya wir e kʉknorey

Talxi mar vitk afyʉn e morey

jon'e žu nozmin

Ya žu kʉknori ce zardorey

Nivi wʉdertk ya žu šitorey

jon'e žu nozmin

Koški tiwetk dem žu diyorey

Maž ta winetk et naδd et rorey

jon'e žu nozmin

Ya ti wingrem wuz biqerorey

Meyrim ep wuz dercintizor ey

jon'e žu nozmin

Sadow'ep rand de žu mazorey

Zolimišt'ep gon tow per ɣorey

jon'e žu nozmin

Ošiqver'ep woc ošikorey

jon'e žu nozmin 

Šoriešt. Biyomurz Peer Ali et Ali Qurbon

X̌ikwor Matališt (Wakhi Proverbs)

Setk'et ki vite x̌u x̌eč mey lecer, merz'et ki vite x̌ʉ beṭ mey lecer.

Setk'ep merz diwona dišt.

Noγurdom'er tat x̌enak.

Za'ep (x̌u) gefsn dišt, x̌u wuzak'ep ne dišt.

Šač'e mey tayin yowe sohib tayin.

Čuṭ qʉmoč maẓ̌ šetk nekert, lang xur maẓ̌ tre jay ne nix̌t.

Tatnan'e adab ki ney vite, šetwʉrt'e adab.

Tʉrt ne winger, tumbun kətak.

Šovšov yupk'ep kunda ben kund.

Wirr'i gur baf.

Johil'i ra janam.

Bulbul'e Kelom, Oshiq sedow er

Sawol may Pers (Don’t ask such a question)!

Jawob'i dem ti pʉrut, tʉ ʒeng sawol may pers

Ẓ̌ʉ ruy'e rang tayin, tʉ yem ẓ̌ʉ hol may pers

The answer is in front of you; don’t ask me such an innocent question 

Look at the color of my face, don’t ask how I feel!

De maktab'et ki joyetk, yi loy ẓ̌ʉ ruy bay joy

ʒaqiq gelec ko xama, ẓ̌ʉ č̣ezm e ẓ̌uy bay joy

ẓ̌ʉ ruy'e rang tayin, tʉ yem ẓ̌ʉ hol may pers

Jawob'i dem ti pʉrut, tʉ ʒeng sawol may pers

If you have gone to a school, why don’t you study my face?

Why don’t you come a bit deeper and study the lake of my eyes?

Look at the colour of my face, don’t ask how I feel!

The answer is in front of you; don’t ask me such an innocent question

De Ishq'e hell em niyeng, ti yod e molisht ta δur

Ra δure'ṣ̌ wezay yiγ̌un, tʉwe’ṣ̌ ẓ̌ʉ mol e ẓ̌ʉmur

Shʉpune'ṣ̌ pers bay nai, nai i tʉ’ṣ̌a, nai nʉvʉr

Shʉpun'e fikr be car, ẓ̌ʉ mol e hol may pers

Jawob'i dem ti pʉrut, tʉ ʒeng sawol may pers

I am sitting in the pasture of love, your memories are grazing all over valley (like sheep and goat)

You come to the valley, but only to look after your own memories

You never ask of the lonely and lost shepherd

Also think about the shepherd, don’t just care for yourself

The answer is in front of you; don’t ask me such an innocent question

Look at the colour of my face, don’t ask how I feel!

Kesal'et gox’ht pemazxh tuway hayem no-iloj

Woze’ṣ̌ ẓ̌ʉ persn er wez, ajab'i yem ti riwoj

Ceng dem ti hijr'em rʉmetk, ẓ̌ʉ moh e sol may pers

Jawob'i dem ti pʉrut, tʉ ʒeng sawol may pers

Ẓ̌ʉ ruy'e rang tayin, tʉ yem ẓ̌ʉ hol may pers

You have infected me with an incurable disease

And then you come to inquire about my health?

Your traditions are so innocent, so strange

Don't ask me how painfully I have spent the years in my life without you

The answer is in front of you; don’t ask me such an innocent question

Look at the colour of my face, don’t ask how I feel!

Poetry: Nazir Ahmed Bulbul, Language: Wakhi/Pamiri, Translated by: Pamiri, SInger Ashiq Ali.

A Wakhi Story: Tru Dust

Tru Dust: Mirprič, Qerɣa woz Maks

Čiz tu čiz ne tu, tru dustev tu, mirprič, qerɣa woz maks. Yašt'ev delemanen ɣafč garm dust tu. Yi ror qerɣa'eṣ̌ x̌ʉ sendal drevd, mirprič et maks e žarž resten. Albat raxniɣ̌ ta zyot tu, ska žarž nereṣ̌ wezde, yaštev de x̌ʉ yarken ɣafč sarmʉkʉl tu.

Bixelew ya mirpirič ra žarž ɣ̌irde x̌e merte. X̌e maks hatumer malol vite ki, ɣafč šak mulol vite, čizer ki yow e baf dust mirpirič ra žarž ɣ̌irde x̌e mert e. Maks ya x̌u roy ṣ̌ew kert x̌e wezde qarɣa ṣ̌ix̌. X̌ati ki “spo roy ṣ̌ew vite, spo baf dust, spo baf yorbar, mirpirč ɣ̌ird e ra žarž x̌e merte”. Qarɣa er hatum er šak reɣde, hatumer malol vite yow be bet, yow e x̌at ki “sak en ce šarminda vite, ce xijolat en vite, ce šak yar vite”. hya x̌u sandal'eṣ̌ derevd ya carzen da δast tu x̌e, albat šak yar reɣ̌de x̌e, ya ɣ̌ate x̌e x̌u kak i nix̌t.

žindangi ɣal tre prʉt tai.....

Use of I, My, Mine in Wakhi language

Wʉz       Wʉz'em Rahim                I'm Rahim

Maẓ̌       Maẓ̌r'i xʉbar nast              I have no news

Mar        Mar'i yem bʉkor nast       I have no use of this

Žʉ          Žʉ nʉng'i Rahim              My name is Rahim

Žʉn        Žʉn'i trʉ zʉman                I have three kids

Žʉn'en   Yem compuṭer'i žʉn'en     This is my computer

Maẓ̌'eṣ̌   Maẓ̌'eṣ̌ čiz go.                   Do you have any business with me?