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 *slǝ: hundred (< PI *satam)
-In recent times, Yassi adopted (via Wakhi and other adjacent languages) some Perso-Arabic vocabulary common to all idioms in the region. They are naturally more widespread in the Muslim-majority Lower Yas valley.
+In recent times, Yassi adopted lots of Wakhi words, and through that, Perso-Arabic and Indo-Aryan vocabulary. Because of this there's a high degree of synonymity in Wakhi vocabulary, i.e.:
-*dust: friend
+eye: sirm (genuine) č̣eğm (Wakhi)
-*kitob: book
+liver: māš (genuine) ǰigar (Persian)
+love: anə (genuine) išq (Arabic)
+It goes without saying that Wakhi loans are far more widespread amoung Lower Yas Valley muslims than Upper Yas Valley non-muslims.
 === Numerals ===