Tajik
Let an agent explain the Tajik language and its dialects, relay history, script and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe communities in Uzbekistan, Russia and Kazakhstan neutrally, and distinguish Tajik from Iranian Persian, Dari and the Pamiri languages.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Tajik language and its dialects, relay history, script and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe communities in Uzbekistan, Russia and Kazakhstan neutrally, and distinguish Tajik from Iranian Persian, Dari and the Pamiri languages.
The variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and by Tajik communities in Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan and elsewhere, written in Cyrillic since the Soviet era, with northern and southern dialect groups and outlying dialects such as Madaklashti in Afghanistan, the official language of Tajikistan and closely related to Iranian Persian and Afghan Dari; the status of Tajik speakers in Uzbekistan is a matter of debate that the model reports with attribution.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language.
It can be explain dialects and features; relay history and script; describe communities and status; distinguish related languages.
Distinguishing features
Persian variety
Cyrillic script
Central Asian vocabulary
Cross-border communities
What it looks like
Not a visible object; speech and text in Cyrillic.
Physical character
speakers: about 8-10 million - estimates
Cyrillic adopted: 1940 year
official status: Tajikistan note
Tajiks in Uzbekistan: about 1.5 million official, higher by other estimates note - contested
How it is recognised
Persian of Tajikistan in Cyrillic
Northern and southern dialects, Uzbekistani Tajik, Tajik in Russia and Kazakhstan, Madaklashti
Iranian Persian uses Perso-Arabic script; Dari is the Afghan variety; Pamiri languages are distinct Eastern Iranian languages
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a variety of - with Iranian Persian and Dari
is the official language of -
is contrasted with - distinct Eastern Iranian languages
In practice
Families and kinds
standard Tajik of Tajikistan
northern dialects
southern dialects
Uzbekistani Tajik of Samarkand and Bukhara
Tajik in Russia and Kazakhstan among migrants and minorities
outlying dialects such as Madaklashti
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 tg Tajik
ISO 639-3 tgk Tajik
Glottolog taji1245 Tajik
Standards and regulation
Tajikistan state language law
Uzbekistan language and minority policies, contested
ISO 639 codes
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing of the Uzbekistan Tajik question
Treating Tajik as unrelated to Persian or as identical to it
Registry aliases mixing countries and dialects
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Tajik is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Tajik, and how does it relate to Iranian Persian, Dari and the Pamiri languages, as linguists describe? definition
- Is the question about the language, a dialect, a community or policy? boundary
Dialects
Dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are the northern and southern dialects, Uzbekistani Tajik and Madaklashti? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Learn Grammar and script.
Practice.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Tajik phonology, grammar and vocabulary compared with Iranian Persian? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Script
Script.
Script
Script.
- How did Tajik move from Perso-Arabic to Latin and Cyrillic scripts, and what debates exist about script today? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.
Attribution.
Development
Development.
Development
Development.
- How did Tajik develop from Classical Persian in Central Asia through the Soviet period? provenance
- Which entry fits Persian literature? action
Policy
Language policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How have Soviet and post-Soviet policies shaped Tajik in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Communities and culture.
Context.
Communities
Communities abroad.
Communities
Communities.
- How is Tajik used in Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan? provenance
- Which entry fits Tajiks in Uzbekistan? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works of Tajik literature, and how does it share the Persian heritage? provenance
- Which entry fits Tajik literature? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Uzbekistani Tajik and the dialect groups be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming countries and dialects; should they be split off?