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| Yazghulami | |
|---|---|
| зѓамиѓай (zǵamiǵai) | |
| йуздоми звег (yuzdomi zveg) | |
| Pronunciation | [zɡʲamiˈɡʲai][1] |
| Native to | Tajikistan |
Native speakers | 9,000[2] (2010) |
| Cyrillic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yah |
| Glottolog | yazg1240 |
| ELP | Yazgulyami |
| Linguasphere | 58-ABD-f |
 Yazghulami is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Yazghulami language (also Yazgulami, Yazgulyami, Iazgulem, Yazgulyam, Yazgulam, Yazgulyamskiy, Jazguljamskij, (Tajik: язғуломӣ (Yazghulomi)) is a member of the Southeastern subgroup of the Iranian languages, spoken by around 9,000 people along the Yazghulom River in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. Together with Shugni, it is classified in a Shugni-Yazgulami subgroup of the areal group of Pamir languages.[3] Virtually all speakers are bilingual in the Tajik language.[4]
The Yazghulami people are an exception among the speakers of Pamir languages in that they do not adhere to Ismailism.
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- ^ Edelman, D. (Joy) I.; Dodykhudoeva, Leila R. (2009). "The Pamir Languages". In Windfuhr, Gernot (ed.). The Iranian Languages. London, Routledge. pp. 773–786.
- ^ Tiessen, Gabriela; Abbess, Elisabeth; Müller, Katja; Tiessen, Calvin (2005). "Language Access and Tajik Language Proficiency among the Yazghulami of Tajikistan" (PDF). In Clifton, John M. (ed.). Studies in Languages of Tajikistan. National State University of Tajikistan and North Eurasia Group, SIL International. pp. 107–149.