Yaghnobi
Yagnob; Yaghnob; Yagnobi; Yaghnabi; yaγnobīˊ zivók;
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"The current ethnolinguistic vitality of the Yaghnobi language seems strong."
2010
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Tajikistan
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"Five major locations in Tajikistan. The first two locations are the Yaghnob River Valley and Zafarabad... The third location is the Upper Varzob. There are four Yaghnobi communities in the upper Varzob, three in the Tagob Valley area and one just south of the Anzob Pass... The communities of the Lower Varzob, including the Hisor Valley, the fourth location where Yaghnobi speakers are living, are not homogenously Yaghnobi. Most of these communities are linguistically diverse, with Yaghnobi speakers forming a minority... There are also four or five communities, including the village of Isanboi, in the fifth location in southern Tajikistan... Finally, a number of Yaghnobi live in Dushanbe and the nearby village of Dughoba."
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"Five major locations in Tajikistan. The first two locations are the Yaghnob River Valley and Zafarabad... The third location is the Upper Varzob. There are four Yaghnobi communities in the upper Varzob, three in the Tagob Valley area and one just south of the Anzob Pass... The communities of the Lower Varzob, including the Hisor Valley, the fourth location where Yaghnobi speakers are living, are not homogenously Yaghnobi. Most of these communities are linguistically diverse, with Yaghnobi speakers forming a minority... There are also four or five communities, including the village of Isanboi, in the fifth location in southern Tajikistan... Finally, a number of Yaghnobi live in Dushanbe and the nearby village of Dughoba."
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"We found a strong sense of ethnolinguistic identity in most villages in the Yaghnob Valley... Attitudes to literature in the vernacular are overwhelmingly positive... Proficiency in Tajik among Yaghnobi is generally very high, especially for men... Tajik is the sole medium of communication [in schools]."
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2007
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"The Yaghnobi [have] inhabited the high mountain valley of Yaghnob in west-central Tajikistan for centuries... In the 17th century a significant number of Yaghnobis migrated to the Varzob valley, [and] a sizable Yaghnobi population remains there in half a dozen villages today... About 6,500 Yaghnobis remain in Zafarabod, the largest Yaghnobi population center."
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"The Yaghnobi [have] inhabited the high mountain valley of Yaghnob in west-central Tajikistan for centuries... In the 17th century a significant number of Yaghnobis migrated to the Varzob valley, [and] a sizable Yaghnobi population remains there in half a dozen villages today... About 6,500 Yaghnobis remain in Zafarabod, the largest Yaghnobi population center."
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"The government is not providing funding for printing Yaghnobi text books or hiring Yaghnobi teachers. As a result, Yaghnobi classes were no longer being taught as of the school year of 2006... Yaghnobi communities are maintaining a strong positive sense of self identity, contact with the majority (Tajik) community remains fairly low, and very few people are fully fluent in Tajik. Most importantly, Tajik is only being used in domains where it is required for communication with non-Yaghnobi speakers. "
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2010
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2009
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According to A. Khromov, in 1972 the situation was as follows: 1,509 native speakers in the Yaghnob valley and about 900 elsewhere.
1993
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They live in 22 villages on the banks of the River Yaghnob, in the middle of Tadzhikistan, and on the upper reaches of the River Zheravshan.
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They live in 22 villages on the banks of the River Yaghnob, in the middle of Tadzhikistan, and on the upper reaches of the River Zheravshan.
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2006
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"When the language was discovered in the 19th century, it was spoken in the central part of the remote high valley of the Yaghnob river. This valley is situated in Tajikistan, about 100 km north of Dushanbe... There were about 2,500 speakers in the 1960s; 1,500 of these native speakers were living in 22 settlements within the Yaghnob valley, and roughly 900 resided outside of the valley... In 1970, however, the Soviet authorities forced the whole population of about 3,000 people to leave the Yaghnob valley. Five hundred families migrated to Zafarobod in northern Tajikistan, 200 families to the area surrounding Dushanbe. Only about 300 people were living in the Yaghnob valley in 1990, when the Dushanbe-based Council of Ministers passed the decision to re-establish all villages whose populations had been resettled."
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"When the language was discovered in the 19th century, it was spoken in the central part of the remote high valley of the Yaghnob river. This valley is situated in Tajikistan, about 100 km north of Dushanbe... There were about 2,500 speakers in the 1960s; 1,500 of these native speakers were living in 22 settlements within the Yaghnob valley, and roughly 900 resided outside of the valley... In 1970, however, the Soviet authorities forced the whole population of about 3,000 people to leave the Yaghnob valley. Five hundred families migrated to Zafarobod in northern Tajikistan, 200 families to the area surrounding Dushanbe. Only about 300 people were living in the Yaghnob valley in 1990, when the Dushanbe-based Council of Ministers passed the decision to re-establish all villages whose populations had been resettled."
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"The Tajik Academy of Science was asked to support the preservation of the Yaghnobi language."
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