Arabic, Tajiki Spoken

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A language of Tajikistan

ISO 639-3

abh

Alternate Names

Arabi, Bukhara Arabic, Buxara Arabic, Central Asian, Jugari, Tajiki Arabic

Population

1,000 in Tajikistan (2003 J. Leclerc). Total users in all countries: 17,000.

Location

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

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Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

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.

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Afghanistan

Language nameArabic, Tajiki Spoken

Population Full

16,000 in Afghanistan (2017), decreasing.

Location

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

Alternate Names

Arabi

Dialects

Balkh Arabic.

Status

6b* (Threatened).

Language Use

Home, Community. Positive attitudes. Also use Dari [prs], Tajik [tgk].

Language Development

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

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.

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