Back Yaqnoblular Azerbaijani Ягнобцы Byelorussian Jaghnoben German Pueblo yagnobi Spanish مردم یغنابی Persian Jagnobit Finnish Yaghnobis French Jagnobik Hungarian Յագնոբացիներ Armenian Orang Yaghnobi ID
yaγnōbī́t, яғнобиҳо | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 25,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Valleys around Yaghnob, Qul and Varzob Rivers, Zafarobod District and elsewhere in Tajikistan | |
| Languages | |
| Yaghnobi, Tajik, Uzbek | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Iranian peoples Especially Ossetians and Wakhis |
The Yaghnobi people (Yaghnobi: yaγnōbī́t or suγdī́t; Tajik: яғнобиҳо, yağnobiho/jaƣnoʙiho) are an East Iranian ethnic minority in Tajikistan. They inhabit Tajikistan's Sughd province in the valleys of the Yaghnob, Qul and Varzob rivers. The Yaghnobis are considered to be descendants of the Sogdian-speaking peoples[2] who once inhabited most of Central Asia beyond the Amu Darya River in what was ancient Sogdia.
They speak the Yaghnobi language, a living Eastern 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, and is also taught at schools.[3] It is considered to be a direct descendant of Sogdian and has often been called Neo-Sogdian in academic literature.[4]
The 1926 and 1939 census data gives the number of Yaghnobi language speakers as approximately 1,800. In 1955, M. Bogolyubov estimated the number of Yaghnobi native speakers as more than 2,000. In 1972, A. Khromov estimated 1,509 native speakers in the Yaghnob valley and about 900 elsewhere. The estimated number of Yaghnobi people is approximately 25,000.[1]
The Sogdian language is one of the Iranian languages, along with Bactrian language, Khotanese Saka, Persian language, Tajik language, Pashto language, the Kurdish languages and Parthian language.[5] It possesses a large historic literary corpus.[5]
- ^ a b "The Peoples of the Red Book – The Yaghnabis". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ Paul Bergne (15 June 2007). The Birth of Tajikistan: National Identity and the Origins of the Republic. I.B.Tauris. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-84511-283-7.
- ^ Inside the New Russia (1994): Yagnob
- ^ electricpulp.com. "YAGHNOBI – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org.
- ^ a b "YAGHNOBI – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org.