Yazgulyam

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A language of Tajikistan

ISO 639-3
yah
Alternate Names
Iazgulem, Yazghulomi, Yazgulam, Yazgulyami
Population

9,000 (2010).

Location

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Yazgulyam river valley, Motravn, Shavud, Budun, Vishkharv, Andarbag, Zhamag, Zaich, and Ubaghn; Kuybishev area; Dushanbe area.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pamir, Shugni-Yazgulami
Dialects

Lower Yazgulyam, Upper Yazgulyam. Little dialect difference.

Language Use

Home. All ages. Positive attitudes. Most are bilingual in Tajiki [tgk].

Language Development
Bible portions: 2001.
Writing
Cyrillic script. Latin script.
Other Comments

Muslim (Sunni), Muslim (Shi’a).