Yaghnobi people

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The Yaghnobi people are a small Tajik ethnic group living mainly in the Yaghnob Valley of Tajikistan, known for preserving the Yaghnobi language, a direct descendant of ancient Sogdian.

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Yaghnobi people canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian people
ethnic group
administrativeDistrict Ayni District
autonym yaγnobī
bilingualIn Tajik language
Yaghnobi language
linked to: Pamir languages
climateOfHomeland continental mountain climate
country Tajikistan
culturalContinuityWith ancient Sogdiana
linked to: Sogdia
culturalHeritageStatus considered living descendants of Sogdians
culturalPractice epic narratives
folk songs
oral tradition
economicActivity animal husbandry
subsistence farming
endangeredStatus linguistically endangered group
ethnicityOf Tajikistan
heritagePreservationEffort Yaghnob Natural Ethnography Park proposal
historicalLanguageStatus direct descendant of Sogdian
language Yaghnobi language
linked to: Pamir languages
languageAncestor Sogdian language
languageFamily Eastern Iranian languages
languageVitality threatened
locatedIn Sughd Region
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Tajikistan
partOf Tajik nation
linked to: Tajikistan
populationEstimate a few thousand
primaryRegion Yaghnob Valley
recognizedAs distinct ethnolinguistic group
relatedEthnicGroup Sogdians
Tajiks
religion Sunni Islam
religionBranch Hanafi school
resettlementDestination Zafarabad District
other lowland areas of Tajikistan
resettlementHistory Soviet-era forced resettlement
returnMigration partial return to Yaghnob Valley
scriptUsedForLanguage Cyrillic script
traditionalCrop barley
wheat
traditionalHousing flat roofs
stone houses
traditionalLivestock goats
sheep
traditionalOccupation agriculture
pastoralism
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam pre-Islamic Iranian beliefs
valleyAltitude high mountain valley
valleyRiver Yaghnob River

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Yaghnobi spokenBy Yaghnobi people
Yaghnobi ethnicGroupOf Yaghnobi people
Yaghnob Valley inhabitedBy Yaghnobi people
Zafarobod District ethnicGroupPresent Yaghnobi people
Ayni District homeOf Yaghnobi people
Ayni District hasEthnicGroup Yaghnobi people