Yaghnobi people

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The Yaghnobi people are a small Tajik ethnic group living mainly in the Yaghnob Valley of Tajikistan, known for preserving the Yaghnobi language, a direct descendant of ancient Sogdian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian people
ethnic group
administrativeDistrict Ayni District NERFINISHED
autonym yaγnobī
bilingualIn Tajik language NERFINISHED
Yaghnobi language NERFINISHED
climateOfHomeland continental mountain climate
country Tajikistan NERFINISHED
culturalContinuityWith ancient Sogdiana NERFINISHED
culturalHeritageStatus considered living descendants of Sogdians
culturalPractice epic narratives
folk songs
oral tradition
economicActivity animal husbandry
subsistence farming
endangeredStatus linguistically endangered group
ethnicityOf Tajikistan NERFINISHED
heritagePreservationEffort Yaghnob Natural Ethnography Park proposal
historicalLanguageStatus direct descendant of Sogdian
language Yaghnobi language NERFINISHED
languageAncestor Sogdian language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Eastern Iranian languages NERFINISHED
languageVitality threatened
locatedIn Sughd Region NERFINISHED
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Tajikistan
partOf Tajik nation NERFINISHED
populationEstimate a few thousand
primaryRegion Yaghnob Valley NERFINISHED
recognizedAs distinct ethnolinguistic group
relatedEthnicGroup Sogdians NERFINISHED
Tajiks NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
religionBranch Hanafi school NERFINISHED
resettlementDestination Zafarabad District NERFINISHED
other lowland areas of Tajikistan
resettlementHistory Soviet-era forced resettlement
returnMigration partial return to Yaghnob Valley
scriptUsedForLanguage Cyrillic script NERFINISHED
traditionalCrop barley
wheat
traditionalHousing flat roofs
stone houses
traditionalLivestock goats
sheep
traditionalOccupation agriculture
pastoralism
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam pre-Islamic Iranian beliefs
valleyAltitude high mountain valley
valleyRiver Yaghnob River NERFINISHED

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Yaghnobi ethnicGroupOf Yaghnobi people
Yaghnobi spokenBy Yaghnobi people