Arabic, Tajiki Spoken

A language of Tajikistan

ISO 639: abh
Alternate Names: Arabi, Bukhara Arabic, Buxara Arabic, Central Asian, Jugari, Tajiki Arabic
Population: 1,300 in Tajikistan (2017). Total users in all countries: 17,300.
Location:: Khatlon province: Vakhsh valley, mainly small villages; Kuliab and Leninabad cities.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
Language Use: Only a few speak Arabic. Shifting to Tajiki [tgk]. No diglossia with Modern Standard Arabic [arb]. Also use Tajik [tgk].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Tajiki Spoken
Writing: Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
Other Comments: Endogamous, do not mix with speakers of other languages. Muslim.

Afghanistan

Location: Balkh province: Dawlatabad district, Khushalabad, Yakhdan; Jawzjan province: Mingajik district, Sultan Arigh; Sheberghan district, Hasanabad.
Dialects: Balkh Arabic.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened)
Other Comments: While no others speak this dialect of Arabic, it is highly possible that some other people use a mixture of Arabic and Dari [prs] when communicating with mother tongue speakers of Tajiki Spoken Arabic. Muslim.

Location: Khatlon province: Vakhsh valley, mainly small villages; Kuliab and Leninabad cities.