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Yagnobi

A language of Tajikistan

ISO 639-3: yai

Population  12,000.
Region  Zafarabad; north of Dushanbe; Yagnob River, (the homeland) high mountain valley.
Language map  Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Alternate names   Yaghnabi, Yaghnobi, Yaghnubi, Yagnabi, Yagnob, Yagnubi
Dialects  Western Yagnobi, Eastern Yagnobi.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Northeastern
Language use  Vigorous. Also use Tajiki [tgk] or Russian as literary languages.
Language development  Grammar.
Comments  Were resettled 1970s to Zafarabad in north Tajikistan on the border with Uzbekistan; a change from cool mountain valleys with water to irrigated desert plains. Muslim (Sunni).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABBESS, Elisabeth; MÜLLER, Katja; PAUL, Daniel; TIESSEN, Calvin; TIESSEN, Gabriela, authors. 2005. "The ethnolinguistic vitality of Yaghnobi."

ABBESS, Elisabeth; MÜLLER, Katja; PAUL, Daniel; TIESSEN, Calvin; TIESSEN, Gabriela, authors; CLIFTON, John M., editor. 2010. "The ethnolinguistic vitality of Yaghnobi."  Available online