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Tajiks (Persian: تاجيک، تاجک, romanized: Tājīk, Tājek; Tajik: Тоҷик, romanized: Tojik) is the name of various Persian-speaking [16] Eastern Iranian groups of people native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Tajikistan's population and rural population 1958–2005 (millions). 9,275,787 (2019 est.) According to Worldmeters Tajikistan's main ethnic group are the Tajiks, with minorities such as the Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, and a small Russian minority. Because not everyone in Tajikistan is an ethnic Tajik, the non-Tajik citizens of the country are referred ...
The list of ethnic groups in Tajikistan is a page about the ethnic groups in Tajikistan by population through time. Ethnic group in Tajikistan by population
The Tajiks who speak Tajik are the main ethnic group, while there are minorities of Uzbeks and Russians, whose numbers are declining due to emigration, [144] making Tajikistan the only country in Central Asia to have a minority of Turkic people, and instead a majority of Iranic people. [145]
Tajik Americans (Tajik: Тоҷикони Амрико, romanized: Tojikoni Amriko) are Americans who trace their origin to Tajikistan, or Samarkand and Bukhara region of Uzbekistan. The majority of Tajik Americans are ethnic Tajiks .
This category and its subcategories are restricted to people verified to be of Tajik heritage/descent/origin, according to reliable published sources. See Category:Tajikistani people for related people by nationality. See additional guidelines at Wikipedia:Categorization of people.
Although they are considered part of the broader Tajik ethnicity, they are distinguished from other Tajiks by their use of the Yaghnobi language, an eastern Iranian language. Yaghnobi is spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Yaghnobi people, and is also taught in some schools. [2]
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan as of 1997. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others.