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The '''Yazgulyam''' language (also Yazgulyami, Iazgulem, Yazgulam, natively ''yuzdami zevég'', Tajik ''yazgulomi'') is a member of the [[Pamir languages|Pamir]] subgroup of the [[Iranian languages]], spoken by ca. 4,000 native speakers (as of 1994) along the [[Yazgulyam River]], [[Gorno-Badakhshan]], [[Tadjikistan]]. Together with [[Shugni]], it is classified as the Shugni-Yazgulami subgroup of the Pamir languages. |
The '''Yazgulyam''' language (also Yazgulyami, Iazgulem, Yazgulam, natively ''yuzdami zevég'', Tajik ''yazgulomi'') is a member of the [[Pamir languages|Pamir]] subgroup of the [[Iranian languages]], spoken by ca. 4,000 native speakers (as of 1994) along the [[Yazgulyam River]], [[Gorno-Badakhshan]], [[Tadjikistan]]. Together with [[Shugni]], it is classified as the Shugni-Yazgulami subgroup of the Pamir languages. Virtually all speakers are bilingual in the [[Tajik language]]. |
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The language was first recorded by Russian traveller G. Arandarenko in [[1889]], listing 34 Yazgulami words recorded in 1882. The language was described in greater detail by French linguist, R. Gauthiot in ''Notes sur le yazggoulami, dialecte iraniren des Confins du Pamir'' ([[1916]]). |
The language was first recorded by Russian traveller G. Arandarenko in [[1889]], listing 34 Yazgulami words recorded in 1882. The language was described in greater detail by French linguist, R. Gauthiot in ''Notes sur le yazggoulami, dialecte iraniren des Confins du Pamir'' ([[1916]]). |
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The Yazgulyam people are an exception among the speakers of Pamir languages in that they do not adhere to [[Ismailism]]. |
The Yazgulyam people are an exception among the speakers of Pamir languages in that they do not adhere to [[Ismailism]]. |
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In [[1954]] the Yazgulami |
In [[1954]] the Yazgulami living on the mountain slopes were resettled, about 20% of them forcibly, to the [[Vanj valley]], where they live dispersed among the Tadjiks, Uzbeks, Russians and other ethnic groups. |
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==Literature== |
==Literature== |
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Revision as of 13:36, 5 September 2005
The Yazgulyam language (also Yazgulyami, Iazgulem, Yazgulam, natively yuzdami zevég, Tajik yazgulomi) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Iranian languages, spoken by ca. 4,000 native speakers (as of 1994) along the Yazgulyam River, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tadjikistan. Together with Shugni, it is classified as the Shugni-Yazgulami subgroup of the Pamir languages. Virtually all speakers are bilingual in the Tajik language.
The language was first recorded by Russian traveller G. Arandarenko in 1889, listing 34 Yazgulami words recorded in 1882. The language was described in greater detail by French linguist, R. Gauthiot in Notes sur le yazggoulami, dialecte iraniren des Confins du Pamir (1916).
The Yazgulyam people are an exception among the speakers of Pamir languages in that they do not adhere to Ismailism.
In 1954 the Yazgulami living on the mountain slopes were resettled, about 20% of them forcibly, to the Vanj valley, where they live dispersed among the Tadjiks, Uzbeks, Russians and other ethnic groups.
Literature
- Payne, John, "Pamir languages" in Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum ed. Schmitt (1989), 417–444.