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Preferred term

yaiYagnobi  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Yaghnobi language is a living East Iranian language (the other living members being Pashto, Ossetic and the Pamir languages). Yaghnobi is spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Yaghnobi people. It is considered to be a direct descendant of Sogdian and has often been called Neo-Sogdian in academic literature.

Entry terms

  • Yaghnobi language

ISO 639-3 code

  • yai

Notation

  • yai

In other languages

  • Yaghnobi

    French

  • Jaghnobi

    German

  • Portuguese

  • Idioma yagnobi

    Spanish

URI

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

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