Tajiks

E22451

Iranian peoples ethnic group

Tajiks are an Iranian ethnic group of Central Asia, primarily inhabiting Tajikistan and parts of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, known for their Persian cultural and linguistic heritage.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tajik	7
Afghan Tajiks	2
Bukharan Tajik	1
Tajik American	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian peoples ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralOrigin	Bactrians ⓘ Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Eastern Iranian peoples Sogdians ⓘ other Iranian-speaking populations of Central Asia ⓘ
capitalCityAssociated	Dushanbe ⓘ
closelyRelatedLanguage	Dari ⓘ Persian ⓘ
culturalSphere	Persianate world ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion	Central Asia ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Classical Persian
historicalWritingSystem	Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
language	Tajik language ⓘ surface form: Tajik
languageBranch	Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
majorIslamicSchool	Hanafi school ⓘ surface form: Hanafi
minorityReligion	Ismaili Shia ⓘ surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam
musicTradition	Shashmaqam ⓘ
nationalityMajorityIn	Tajikistan ⓘ
primaryCountry	Tajikistan ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Tajiks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afghan Tajiks Hazaras ⓘ Iranian peoples ⓘ Pamiris ⓘ Persians ⓘ
religion	Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
selfDesignation	Tajikistan ⓘ surface form: Tojik
significantPopulationIn	Afghanistan ⓘ China ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ
standardLanguageForm	Tajik language ⓘ surface form: Tajik Persian
traditionalCulture	Nowruz celebrations ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ Persian poetry ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Bactria ⓘ Badakhshan ⓘ Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ surface form: Bukhara Samarkand ⓘ Sogdia ⓘ surface form: Transoxiana
traditionalReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage	Nowruz celebrations ⓘ surface form: Nowruz Shashmaqam ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik

Afghanistan → ethnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Ahmad Shah Massoud → ethnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik

Bukhara, Uzbekistan → ethnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

subject surface form: Bukhara

Ferghana Valley → ethnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Samanid Empire → ethnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Xinjiang → ethnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Afghan → ethnicGroupIncludes → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik

Tajikistan → ethnicGroupMajority → Tajiks ⓘ

Khanate of Bukhara → ethnicGroups → Tajiks ⓘ

Tarim Basin → ethnicGroups → Tajiks ⓘ

Aimaqs → ethnicRelation → Tajiks ⓘ

Northern Alliance → hasEthnicBase → Tajiks ⓘ

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Western Afghanistan → hasEthnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Islamic world → hasLanguage → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik

Kabul → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Southwestern Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bukharan Tajik

Indo-Iranian peoples → hasModernGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Asian American → hasPart → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik American

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Tajiks ⓘ

Bukhara, Uzbekistan → languageMinority → Tajiks ⓘ

subject surface form: Bukhara

this entity surface form: Tajik

Samarkand → majorEthnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Aimaqs → neighboringGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Tajikistan → officialLanguage → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik

Nuristani people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Persian → relatedEthnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Tajiks

Tajiks → relatedEthnicGroup → Tajiks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Tajiks

Persians → relatedGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Persian language → spokenBy → Tajiks ⓘ

Mirza → usedByEthnicGroup → Tajiks ⓘ

Eskandar → usedInLanguageCommunity → Tajiks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik