ISO 639-3 · yaiyai
Indo-European family
Yaghnobi
йағнобӣ зӣвок
Yaghnobi is a language of the Eastern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Tajikistan. Wikidata counts about 12,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “East Iranian language spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Tajik-Yaghnobi people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
yai- Glottocode
yagn1238- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 44 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yaghnobi · йағнобӣ зӣвок |
|---|---|
| Also called | Yagnobi, yai, Yaghnobi language, yaqhnobi zivok, sughdi zivok |
| All speakers | 12,000 |
| Written in | Yaghnobi Latin alphabet, Yaghnobi Cyrillic alphabet |
| Grammatical cases | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Yaghnobi
The branches above Yaghnobi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Tajikistan
fasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeuznNorthern UzbekWestern Karluk · 26.9 m1 · NationaltgkTajikunclassified · 14 m1 · NationaltukTurkmenTurkic · 7 m1 · NationalkirKyrgyzTurkic · 4.6 m1 · NationalsghShughniunclassified · 64,8006a · VigorousbhhBukharianunclassified · 60,0007 · ShiftingjprJudeo-PersianIndo-European · 60,0007 · ShiftingwblWakhiIndo-European · 23,6816a · VigorouspaqParyaIndo-European · 4,0006a · Vigorous