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In other languages: ТоҷикӣDescription[edit | edit source]
The two official languages in Tajikistan are: [1] [2]
- Tajik - state language - a variant of the Persian language [3]
- Russian - interethnic language - 90% of the population speaks Russian at various degrees. [4]
Minority languages include:
- Uzbek - the second most widely spoken language after Tajik.
- Pamir languages
- Kyrgyz
- Yaghnobi
The highly educated of Tajikistan prefer to speak Persian and Russian.
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- Tajik phrasebook - WikiTravel
- Tajik Phrases - Learn101
- Useful Uzbek phrases - Omniglot
- Uzbek phrasebook - WikiVoyage
- Uzbek Phrases - MyLanguages
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Alphabet
Tajik Persian is currently written in Cyrillic script. Prior to 1928, it was written in Arabic alphabet. Beginning in 1928, it was changed to Latin script. [5]
- Tajik Vowels and Consonants - Wikipedia
- Perso-Arabic script for Tajik - Omniglot
- Latin alphabet for Tajik - Omniglot
- Cyrillic alphabet for Tajik - Omniglot
- Arabic alphabet for Uzbek - Omniglot
- Cyrillic alphabet for Uzbek - Omniglot
- Latin alphabet for Uzbek - Omniglot
Pronunciation
- Tajik Pronunciation - MyLanguage
- Tajik Pronunciation - Polyglot
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Dictionaries
- Dadadzhanova, I.B. English-Tajik-Russian demographic dictionary. Dushanbe: RTSU, 2010. Available at: WorldCat.
- Jān, Jī. Ār. Persian/Tajik-Kashmiri-English dictionary. Srinagar: Jaykay Books, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
- Jilani, Jon. Tajik practical dictionary : Tajik-English English-Tajik. New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc, 2009. Available at: WorldCat.
Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary English - Tajik - Glosbe
- Dictionary Tajik - English - Glosbe
- Dictionary Russian - Tajik - Glosbe
- Dictionary Uzbek - English - Glosbe
Language Aids
- Tajik grammar - Wikipedia [6]
- Rastorgueva, V. S. and Herbert H. Paper. A Short sketch of Tajik grammar. Mouton, Bloomington, The Hague, Netherlands: Indiana University, 1963. Available at: WorldCat.
- Parker, Philip M. Webster's Tajiki-English thesaurus dictionary. San Diego, CA: ICON, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
- Rastorgueva, V. S. A Short sketch of Tajik grammar. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1963. Available at: WorldCat.
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tajikistan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan#:~:text=two%20official%20languages, accessed 3 May 2023.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Tajikistan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Tajikistan#:~:text=Official%20languages, accessed 3 May 2023.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tajik language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_language, accessed 3 May 2023.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Russian dialects," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_dialects#Tajikistani_Russian#:~:text=Kazakhstani%20Russian, accessed 3 May 2023.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tajik language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_language#:~:text=Writing%20system, accessed 3 May 2023.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tajik grammar," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_grammar, accessed 3 May 2023.