Tajiks - Wikipedia
WEBThe Tajiks are the principal ethnic group in most of Tajikistan, as well as in northern and western Afghanistan, though there are more Tajiks in Afghanistan than in Tajikistan. Tajiks are a substantial minority in Uzbekistan, as well as in overseas communities.
Tajikistan - Wikipedia
WEBThe state (national) language (Tajik: забони давлатӣ, Russian: государственный язык) of the Republic of Tajikistan is Tajik, which is written in the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet.
Tajik | Central Asian, Persian, Pamiri, & Iranian Language
WEBMay 3, 2024 · The Tajiks are a Persian-speaking people of Central Asia located primarily in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and China’s Xinjiang province. The Tajiks are traditionally sedentary agriculturalists. Most Tajiks are Sunni Muslim.
Tajikistan | People, Religion, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMay 3, 2024 · Tajikistan, country lying in the heart of Central Asia with its capital in Dushanbe. Of the Central Asian states, it has the smallest land area but the highest elevation. Its population is predominantly ethnic Tajiks, a traditionally sedentary people of Central Asia who speak a form of Persian and are mostly Sunni.
Tajik language - Wikipedia
WEBTajik, also called Tajiki Persian or Tajiki, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by Tajiks. It is closely related to neighbouring Dari of Afghanistan with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of the Persian language. Several scholars consider Tajik as a dialectal variety of Persian rather than ...
Tajikistan - Ethnic Groups, Languages, Religion | Britannica
WEBThe Tajiks are a traditionally sedentary people who speak a form of Persian (called Tajik) and whose culture has been significantly influenced by Central Asian sedentary culture.
Tajik language, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot
WEBTajik is a variety of Persian spoken mainly in Tajikistan, and also in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Kazakhstan. There are about 8 million speakers of Tajik, including 6.3 million in Tajikstan (in 2012), 1.2 million in Uzbekistan (in 2014), 42,000 in Kyrgyzstan (in 2009), 40,000 in China (in 2010), and 33,500 in Kazakhstan (in 2009).
Tajikistan country profile - BBC News
WEBMar 24, 2023 · Provides an overview of Tajikistan, including key dates and facts about this central Asian country.
Tajikistan - The World Factbook
WEBDec 23, 2021 · The Tajik people came under Russian imperial rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. At that time, bands of indigenous guerrillas (known as "basmachi") fiercely contested Bolshevik control of the area, which was not fully reestablished until 1925.
The Tajik People - WorldAtlas
WEBApr 25, 2017 · Most modern Tajiks are speakers of Persian languages and adherents to Islam living in Central Asia. Although historically, some followed Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. The estimated total population of the Tajik people is about 16-20 million. Tajik diaspora occurs in Afghanistan (9,450,000), Tajikistan (6,787,000), Uzbekistan …
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