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Yaghnobi

Iranian (Eastern)

FamilyIranian (Eastern) Speakers~13K ScriptCyrillic / Latin CountriesTajikistan (Yaghnob Valley) Official inNo (recognized minority) Vitalityvulnerable ISO 639-3yai

Yaghnobi is the only modern descendant of Sogdian, the Eastern Iranian lingua franca of the Silk Road for over a thousand years and the language of the Buddhist and Manichean documents of Dunhuang. It is spoken by descendants of Sogdian refugees who fled the 8th-century Arab conquest into the inaccessible Yaghnob valley of Tajikistan's Zarafshon range, and is one of the linguistically most precious minority languages in the world for the historical-comparative work it makes possible.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Yaghnobi

Water

op

/op/

Fire

olov

/oˈlov/

Sun

xur

/xur/

Moon

mahtob

/mahˈtob/

Star

sitora

/siˈtora/

Mother

ocha

/oˈtʃa/

Father

dodo

/ˈdodo/

I

man

/man/

You

tu

/tu/

Name

nom

/nom/

Eye

ɣurda

/ˈʁurda/

Hand

dast

/dast/

Heart

dil

/dil/

Love

/—/

Tree

diraxt

/diˈraxt/

House

kat

/kat/

Dog

kut

/kut/

Cat

pišak

/piˈʃak/

Eat

xwar

/xʷar/

Drink

žav

/ʒav/

One

i

/iː/

Two

du

/du/

Hello

salom

/salom/

Thank you

rahmat

/rahmat/

Good

naɣz

/naʁz/

Words compared

Compared with related Iranian (Eastern) languages

Meaning YaghnobiTajikHazaragiDariPersian (Classical)PashaiWakhi
Water op /op/ об /ob/ آو /ɑːw/ آب /ɑːb/ آب /aːb/ واری /waːri/ юпк /jupk/
Fire olov /oˈlov/ оташ /otaʃ/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ آتش /aːtaʃ/ انگاری /aŋɡaːri/ ракс /raks/
Sun xur /xur/ офтоб /oftob/ آفتو /ɑːftow/ خورشید /xoɾʃed/ خورشید /xʷarʃeːd/ سور /sur/ йир /jir/
Moon mahtob /mahˈtob/ моҳ /moh/ مه /maː/ ماه /mɑːh/ ماه /maːh/ مس /mas/ зимак /zimak/
Star sitora /siˈtora/ ситора /sitoːra/ ستاره /sitɑra/ ستاره /setaːˈɾa/ ستاره /sitaːra/ تارا /taːraː/ стар /star/
Mother ocha /oˈtʃa/ модар /modar/ آبه /ɑːba/ مادر /mɑːdaɾ/ مادر /maːdar/ نا /naː/ нан /nan/
Father dodo /ˈdodo/ падар /padar/ آته /ɑːta/ پدر /padaɾ/ پدر /pidar/ تاتا /taːtaː/ тат /tat/
I man /man/ ман /man/ مه /ma/ من /man/ من /man/ آ /aː/ вуз /wuz/
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