Yaghnobi language

The Yaghnobi languageAlso transcribed as: Yaghnabi, Yagnobi or Yagnabi.- yaɣnobī́ zivók (in Tajik variant of cyrillic script яғнобӣ зивок , Russian ягнобский язык jagnobskij jazyk, Tajik забони яғнобӣ zabon-i yaɣnobî, Persian زبان یغنابى zæbɑ̄n-e yæɣnɑ̄bī, Ossetic ягънобаг æвзаг jaɣnobag ævzag, German Jaghnobisch, Czech jaghnóbština, Slovak jagnóbčina, Ukrainian ягнобська мова jahnobs’ka mova, Polish jagnobski język, Croatian jagnopski jezik, Greek γιαγκνομπί, γιαγνομπί, Turkish yagnabca, yagnobca, yagnob dili; linguistic abbreviation: YAGH is a living East Iranian language (the other living members being Pashto, Ossetic and Pamir languages). Yaghnobi is spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Yaghnobi people. It is considered to be a direct descendant of Sogdian and has often been called Neo-Sogdian in academic literature.

There are some 12,500 Yaghnobi speakers. They are divided into several communities. The principal group lives in the Zafarobod area. There are also...
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