xuǧnůni, хуг̌ну̊нӣ, خُږنۈنے | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Tajikistan (Shughnon District) | 50,000 (1990)[1] |
 Afghanistan (Shighnan District) | 40,000 (2009)[1] |
 Pakistan (Chitral District) | 855[2] |
 China (Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County) | 171[3] |
| Languages | |
| Shughni, Tajik, Dari, Khowar | |
| Religion | |
| Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam[4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Pamiris, especially Wakhis, Oroshoris, Bartangis, Khufis, Rushanis, Sarikolis, and Wanjis | |
The Shughni (also known as the Shughnan) (Shughni: xuǧnůni, хуг̌ну̊нӣ, خُږنۈنے) are an Iranian sub-ethnic group of Pamiris, who reside in the Pamir Mountains of the Badakhshan region of Central Asia. They mostly live in the country of Tajikistan, while a minority lives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China.[5] They speak the Shughni language, an Eastern Iranian language of the Pamiri subgroup.
- ^ a b Shughni at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2013). Iranian Languages. Routledge. p. 868. ISBN 978-1135797041.
- ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2013). Iranian Languages. Routledge. p. 558. ISBN 978-1135797041.
- ^ Steinburg, Jonah (2011). Isma'ili Modern: Globalization and Identity in a Muslim Community. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 234. ISBN 9780807834077.
- ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire".
