| Languages of Tajikistan | |
|---|---|
 Tajik-language street signs in Dushanbe | |
| Official | Persian Tajik (state) Russian (interethnic)[1] |
| Recognised | Uzbek |
| Indigenous | Aimaqi; Bartangi; Bukhori; Ishkashimi; Khowar; Khufi; Kyrgyz; Oroshani; Parya; Pashto; Rushani; Sanglechi; Shughni; Uzbek; Uyghur; Wakhi; Yaghnobi; Yazgulyam |
| Minority | Armenian; Azerbaijani; Belarusian; Central Asian Arabic; Chinese; Crimean Tatar; Georgian; Dungan; Hazaragi; Tatar; Turkmen; Ukrainian |
| Immigrant | Dari |
| Foreign | Persian; Mandarin Chinese; Arabic (Islam in Tajikistan); English; French; German; Turkish |
| Signed | Russian-Tajik Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
| Source | [2] |
| Alphabet | Tajik Tajik Braille |
There are several languages of Tajikistan. Officially, the country recognizes Russian as an interethnic language and Tajik (a variety of Persian) as the official language. After these two, Uzbek is the second-most popular.
Minority languages native to the area include Kyrgyz, Yaghnobi, Parya, and the various Pamir languages. Popular foreign languages to study include English and Chinese.
- ^ Constitution of Tajikistan. UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/education/edurights/media/docs/ae8c0f7576f3d9f63ff2055592a9cb6b7f95227a.pdf. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Power, Justin M. "The origins of Russian-Tajik Sign Language---Investigating the historical sources and transmission of a signed language in Tajikistan". Justin M Power.