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Language Access and Tajik Language Proficiency among the Yazghulami of Tajikistan

Daniel Paul, Elisabeth Abbess, Katja Müller, Calvin Tiessen and Gabriela Tiessen. 2010. "Language Access and Tajik Language Proficiency Among the Yazghulami of Tajikistan." Online: http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9099.

Vulnerable
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About Vitality Level
6,000-9,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 0

Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.

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Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 2

Used in some non-official domains along with other languages, and remains the primary language used in the home for many community members.

2
Transmission

Transmission -1

All members of the community, including children, speak the language.

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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
6,000-9,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Attitudes are generally positive towards both languages [Tajik and Yazghulami]; each is seen as being beneficial in particular domains. [...] The vernacular is valued and used in the lives of Yazghulami residents. It shows no signs of being replaced by Tajik. Nonetheless, residents also value Tajik for certain domains. Both languages, then, have a place in Yazghulami society."

Location and Context
Countries
Tajikistan
Location Description

"The traditional homeland of the Yazghulami is the Yazgulom River Valley, located in the Vanj administrative region within the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAP) in Tajikistan. This narrow valley runs northeast to southwest for 100 kilometres, and is located between two high mountain ranges, the Vanj Mountains to the north and the Yazgulom Mountains to the south."

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
Positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Tajik
Number of Other Language Speakers:
All
Domains of Other Languages:
Official/government business, education, radio, television, travel outside of Yazgulom Valley

Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Latin-based
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
"Although Yazghulami is not used for writing, a Yazghulami alphabet has been recently developed by linguists in Russia and Tajikistan. Several scholars, including linguist Irina Mozulyova and Yazghulami poet Ismoil Rakhimi, worked on five possible variants: two in Latin script, two in Cyrillic script, and one in Arabic script. In the end they produced a proposed first grade reader using one of the Latin alphabets. It should be noted that some symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as well as some Cyrillic letters were included in this alphabet (Mozulyova 1996)."

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