Rushani

Pamir language of Afghanistan and Tajikistan

Languagenatural language modern languageQ2597566

Also known as Rushani language · Badakhshani · Roshani · Rushani-Khufi

Speakers: 13,200(1989)
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Subclass of: Shughni-Rushani
Script: Cyrillic script
, Latin script
Indigenous to: Rushon District

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Rushani is one of the Eastern Iranian Pamir languages spoken in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Rushani is relatively closer to all Northern Pamiri languages sub-group whether it is Shughni, Yazgulami, Sarikuli or Oroshori sharing many grammatical and vocabulary similarity with all of them especially with Shughni and thus some linguists consider it a dialect of Shughni.

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LLuqō Inǰil / Луқо̄ Инҷил2001

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Country: Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Has grammatical case: transitive case
UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered
Entry in abbreviations table: Rosh. used by: A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages
Wikimedia language code: sgh-ru used by: Tajik Wiktionary
Native label: rix̌ůn ziv
риx̌у̊н зив

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