Yagnobi

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A language of Tajikistan

ISO 639-3
yai
Alternate Names
Soghdi, Yaghnabi, Yaghnobi, Yaghnubi, Yagnabi, Yagnob, Yagnubi
Autonym
Яғнобӣ зивок‎ (Yaɣnobī́ zivók)
User Population

12,000 (2004 SIL).

Location

Sughd region: Zafarabad; north of Dushanbe; Yagnob river (the homeland), high mountain valley.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Northeastern
Dialects

Western Yagnobi, Eastern Yagnobi.

Language Use

Also use Russian [rus], as a literary language. Also use Tajik [tgk], as a literary language.

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yagnobi
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl].

Other Comments

Were resettled in 1970s to Zafarabad in north Tajikistan on the border with Uzbekistan; changed from cool mountain valleys with water to irrigated desert plains. Muslim.