Arabic, Tajiki Spoken

A language of Tajikistan

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Arabic, Bukhara Arabic, Buxara Arabic, Central Asian, Jugari, Tajiji Arabic

Population

1,000 in Tajikistan. Population total all countries: 6,000.

Location

Khatlon Province, Vakhsh Valley villages; Kuliab and Leninabad cities. Mainly small villages. Also in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan.

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Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Language Use

Only a few speak Arabic. Shifting to Tajiki [tgk]. No diglossia with Modern Standard Arabic [arb]. Also use Tajiki [tgk] as L2.

Language Resources

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Writing

Arabic script.

Other Comments

Endogamous, do not mix with speakers of other languages. Muslim (Hanafi Sunni).

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Afghanistan

Language nameArabic, Tajiki Spoken

Population

5,000 in Afghanistan (Farhadi and Raven 1967), decreasing.

Location

Balkh Province, Dawlatabad district, Yakhdan, Khushalabad; Jawzjan Province, Mingajik district, Sultan Arigh; Sheberghan district, Hasanabad.

Dialects

Balkh Arabic.

Status

6b (Threatened).

Language Use

Home, community. Positive attitudes. All also use Dari [prs]; also use Tajiki [tgk].

Language Development

Some can read traditional Arabic, but unlikely any literature exists in this dialect.

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 (Sunni).

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A language of Tajikistan

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