Rushani

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Rushani is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in the Rushan region of Tajikistan and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rushani canonical 10
Rushanī 1
Rushoni 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Iranian language
Pamir language
alternateName Roshani
Rushanī
linked to: Rushani

Rushoni
linked to: Rushani
closelyRelatedTo Bartangi
Khufi
Oroshori
Shughni
country Tajikistan
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasGlottocode rush1244
hasGlottologName Rushani
hasISO6393Code rsh
historicalGroup Pamir Iranian languages
linked to: Pamir languages
influencedBy Russian
Tajik
linked to: Tajiks
languageBranch Eastern Iranian branch
languageFamily Eastern Iranian
linguisticArea Pamir Sprachbund
minorityLanguageIn Afghanistan
Tajikistan
partOfDialectContinuumWith Shughni
primaryRegion Rushan region of Tajikistan
linked to: Sughd Region
region Central Asia
spokenIn Afghanistan
Badakhshan Province
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
linked to: Badakhshan

Pamir Mountains
Rushan District
Tajikistan
subgroupOf Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
Pamir languages
typologicalFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment tendencies
gender distinctions
rich case system
usedBy Rushani people
usedIn everyday communication in Rushan region
local folklore
oral tradition
writingSystem Cyrillic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarikoli closelyRelatedTo Rushani
Shughni closelyRelatedTo Rushani
Rushani alternateName Rushoni
linked to: Rushani
Rushani alternateName Rushanī
linked to: Rushani
Rushani hasGlottologName Rushani
Roshani hasAlternativeName Rushani
Oroshori neighborLanguage Rushani