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There are several languages of Tajikistan. Officially, the country recognizes Russian as the interethnic language and Tajik (a variety of Persian) as the state language. After these two, Uzbek is the next most popular. Minority languages native to the area include Kyrgyz, Yaghnobi, Parya, and the various Pamir languages.
Tajiki is one of the two official languages of Tajikistan, the other being Russian [12] [13] as the official interethnic language. In Afghanistan, this language is less influenced by Turkic languages and is regarded as a form of Dari, which has co-official language status. [14]
Pages in category "Languages of Tajikistan" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aimaq dialect; B.
The official languages of Tajikistan are Tajik as the state language and Russian as the interethnic language, as understood in Article 2 of the Constitution: "The state language of Tajikistan shall be Tajik. Russian shall be the language of international communication."
In 1989, with the growth in Tajik nationalism, a law was enacted declaring Tajik the state language. In addition, the law officially equated Tajik with Persian, placing the word Farsi (the endonym for the Persian language) after Tajik. The law also called for a gradual reintroduction of the Perso-Arabic alphabet.
The Yazghulami language (also Yazgulami, Yazgulyami, Iazgulem, Yazgulyam, Yazgulam, Yazgulyamskiy, Jazguljamskij, (Tajik: язғуломӣ (Yazghulomi)) is a member of the Southeastern subgroup of the Iranian languages, spoken by around 9,000 people along the Yazghulom River in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
Tajikistan (called Tajiki in Tajikistan; with Russian for "inter-ethnic communication") [57] ... National language in Switzerland (with German, French, and Italian) [41]
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]