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Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000-9,000

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Language Access and Tajik Language Proficiency among the Yazghulami of Tajikistan
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000-9,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

6,000-9,000

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

"According to the population figures compiled from information from the Statistics Department of the GBAP and officials in the Yazgulom Valley, in 2003 there were 6,061 people living in the [Yazgulom] valley... Exact numbers for Yazghulami living in other parts of the country are not available. However, one estimate puts the total at 9,000, with just over 6,000 of those living in the Yazgulom Valley."

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Tajikistan

Coordinates

38.222156, 71.511836

Location description

"The traditional homeland of the Yazghulami is the Yazgulom River Valley, located in the Vanj administrative region within the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAP) in Tajikistan. This narrow valley runs northeast to southwest for 100 kilometres, and is located between two high mountain ranges, the Vanj Mountains to the north and the Yazgulom Mountains to the south."

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Latin-based

Other writing systems

"The traditional homeland of the Yazghulami is the Yazgulom River Valley, located in the Vanj administrative region within the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAP) in Tajikistan. This narrow valley runs northeast to southwest for 100 kilometres, and is located between two high mountain ranges, the Vanj Mountains to the north and the Yazgulom Mountains to the south."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Tajik

Domains of other languages

Official/government business, education, radio, television, travel outside of Yazgulom Valley

More on context

"Attitudes are generally positive towards both languages [Tajik and Yazghulami]; each is seen as being beneficial in particular domains. [...] The vernacular is valued and used in the lives of Yazghulami residents. It shows no signs of being replaced by Tajik. Nonetheless, residents also value Tajik for certain domains. Both languages, then, have a place in Yazghulami society."

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

38.1982,71.4276

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

5,710

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Speaker number data: (UBS 1994)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Tajikistan;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

<4,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Tajikistan

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Gorno-Badakhshan, along Yazgulyam river.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Gorno-Badakhshan, along Yazgulyam river.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Only small children and old women are monolingual.

Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

The Yazgulami language is spoken in the Pamirs, in the valley of the River Yazgulami, the right tributary of the River Pyandzh.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

The Yazgulami language is spoken in the Pamirs, in the valley of the River Yazgulami, the right tributary of the River Pyandzh.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Tadzhik

Domains of other languages

schools, radio broadcasts, books, folk songs and private correspondence.

More on context

No data

No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

38.5,71.5

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

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Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

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Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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