YAI ISO 639-3
Yagnobi
Яғнобӣ зивок (Yaɣnobī́ zivók) Autonym
A language of Tajikistan
- ISO 639
- yai
- Alternate Names
- Soghdi, Yaghnabi, Yaghnobi, Yaghnubi, Yagnabi, Yagnob, Yagnubi
- Autonym
- Яғнобӣ зивок (Yaɣnobī́ zivók)
- Population
- 12,000 (2004 SIL).
- Location:
- Sughd region: Zafarabad; north of Dushanbe; Yagnob river (the homeland), high mountain valley.
- 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.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Sughd region: Zafarabad; north of Dushanbe; Yagnob river (the homeland), high mountain valley.
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