Tajik

забони тоҷикӣ

Tajik is a language, spoken in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and 1 more country. Wikidata counts about 14 m speakers (2018). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in Tajikistan”.

1 · NationalCyrl Persian alphabet Latn 14 m

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: tgk
ISO 639-1: tg
Glottocode: taji1245
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 1 National
Centre point: 38.82, 68.55
Wikipedia: 128 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

5countries

5scripts

—levels in the tree

1EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Tajik · забони тоҷикӣ
Also called	Tajiki, Tajiki language, Tadjik, Tadjik language, Tadzhik
All speakers	14,000,000 (2018)
Written in	Cyrillic, Persian alphabet, Latin script, Tajik Cyrillic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet
Official in	Tajikistan
Grammatical cases	5 listed in Wikidata

Vitality

EGIDS 1 National1

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Tajik is spoken — Map: Incall · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Tajikistanofficial · 17 languages in the index Afghanistan46 languages in the index Uzbekistan20 languages in the index Kazakhstan12 languages in the index Kyrgyzstan6 languages in the index

Also spoken in Tajikistan

fasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafe pusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafe uznNorthern UzbekWestern Karluk · 26.9 m1 · National pbtSouthern PashtoIndo-European · 10.9 m1 · National tukTurkmenTurkic · 7 m1 · National kirKyrgyzTurkic · 4.6 m1 · National sghShughniunclassified · 64,8006a · Vigorous bhhBukharianunclassified · 60,0007 · Shifting jprJudeo-PersianIndo-European · 60,0007 · Shifting wblWakhiIndo-European · 23,6816a · Vigorous