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Preferred term

yahYazgulyam  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Yazgulyam language (also Yazgulyami, Iazgulem, Yazgulam; ) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Iranian languages, spoken by ca. 4,000 native speakers (as of 1994) along the Yazgulyam River, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. Together with Shugni, it is classified as the Shugni-Yazgulami subgroup of the Pamir languages. Virtually all speakers are bilingual in the Tajik language.

Entry terms

  • Yazgulyam language

ISO 639-3 code

  • yah

Notation

  • yah

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/yah

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