From the history of the Pamirian languages: the future begins yesterday

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2020-50-2/69-94

Authors

  • Tohir S. Kalandarov Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS

Keywords:

Pamir, Tajikistan, census, native language, Pamirian languages, Shughni language

Abstract

Pamirian Tajiks live in the high mountainous valleys of Pamir in the Republic of Tajikistan. They have preserved ancient East Iranian languages and their indigenous culture. Today more than 150 thousand people speak these languages in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of the Republic of Tajikistan. The article analyzes the situation with the Pamirian languages in the Soviet time, as well as in the period of independence of the Republic of Tajikistan. The article consists of two parts, which describe the history and study the development of the Pamirian languages (taking the Shughni language as an example) during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. It is concluded that much work is still need to be done in order preserve the Pamirian languages, although notable progress has been achieved. One of the priorities is to indicate the presence of these languages in the questionnaire of the upcoming population census of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2020.

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02.02.2021

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