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.
Statements (49)
| 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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