Shughni language
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Shughni xuγ̌nůn ziv |
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Spoken in: | Pakistan (20,000), Tajikistan (40,000) | |
Total speakers: | approximately 60,000 | |
Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Iranian Southeastern Iranian Pamir Shughni |
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Writing system: | Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin | |
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ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | — | |
ISO 639-3: | —
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Shughni is one of the Pamir languages of the Southeastern Iranian language group. Its distribution is in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan and Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
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- Karamšoev, Dodchudo K. (1988-99). Šugnansko-russkij slovar. 3 vols. Moskva: Nauka. ISBN 5-02-016991-9 (Vol. 2), ISBN 5-02-018101-3 /ISBN 5-02-017858-6 (Vol. 3)
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