Yaghnobi people

The Jagnoben ( Jagnobi, Yagnoben, Eigenbez. Jagnob or Yaγnobī, Russ. Jagnobcy ) live on the river Jagnob in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, with its capital Chorugh, Tajikistan. The in their lifestyles Galt damage (mountain Tajiks ) and the closely related Pamirvölkern Jagnoben are probably direct descendants of the Sogdians. This is suggested by the peculiarities of their language, the Jaghnobi, back. In it there are remains of the defunct language of the Sogdians have received. 1966 2000 Jagnoben were still counted, but now they are counted among the Tajiks. Jaghnobi belongs to the eastern group of the Iranian languages ​​. Literary language is Tajik.

Source

  • Rudolf A. Mark, The peoples of the former Soviet Union, 2nd revised and expanded edition, 1992, Opladen, ISBN 3-531-12075-1
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