Russian language document about the Yaghnob Valley.
Also Known As:
Yagnob, Yaghnob, Yagnobi, Yaghnabi, yaγnobīˊ zivók
Dialects & Varieties
- Eastern Yagnobi
- Western Yagnobi
The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.
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Location Description
They live in 22 villages on the banks of the River Yaghnob, in the middle of Tadzhikistan, and on the upper reaches of the River Zheravshan.
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The Yaghnabis do not have their own written language. However, it is known (M. Kordeyev's observations in the 1920s) that the Yaghnabi mullahs sometimes made notes in the Yaghnabi language using the Arabic script.