Shughni language
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Shughni is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in the Pamir region of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, known for its rich oral tradition and use among Shughni ethnic communities.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Iranian language
ⓘ
Pamir language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Roshani language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarikoli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yazgulyam language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| family |
Indo-Iranian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | shug1248 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Shughnani
ⓘ
Shugni-Roshani (for the group) ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bajuvi dialect
ⓘ
Khufi dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Roshani dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarikoli-related varieties (sometimes grouped) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
case-marking on nouns ⓘ complex verbal morphology ⓘ contrastive vowel length (in many dialects) ⓘ ergative alignment in some past tenses ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | sgh ⓘ |
| lexifierFamily | Iranian ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Pamir languages area ⓘ |
| minorityStatus |
minority language in Afghanistan
ⓘ
minority language in Tajikistan ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Pamir Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptUsage |
Arabic-based orthography in Afghanistan
ⓘ
Cyrillic-based orthography in Tajikistan ⓘ |
| secondaryCountry | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Shughni people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Badakhshan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Pamir languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Dari Persian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tajik language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Shughni communities
ⓘ
folklore and storytelling ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Cyrillic script
ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ |
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