Languages of Tajikistan Languages of Tajikistan Kurmanji (Kurdish: kurmancî or kirmancî) is the major Kurdish dialect spoken in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, the ex-Soviet states and by Kurds living in Central Asia. Almost 65% of all Kurds speak this dialect. The other great Kurdish dialect is Sorani, which is widely spoken in Iraq and Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kurmanji"
Kyrgyz or Kirghiz (Кыргыз ...more on Wikipedia about "Kyrgyz language"
Persian (فارسی = Fârsi ... پارسی = Pârsi), (local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan: ‘Fârsi’), ‘Pârsi’ (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, and elsewhere. Prior to British colonization, Persian was also widely used as a second language in the Indian subcontinent; it took prominence as the language of culture and education in several Muslim courts in the subcontinent throughout the Middle Ages and became the official court language under the Mughal emperors. Evidence of its former rank in the region can still be seen by the extent of its influence on Hindi and Urdu, as well as the popularity that Persian literature still enjoys in the region. Persian and its dialects have official-language status in the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. There are 61–71 million native speakers ** . It belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is of the Subject Object Verb type. ...more on Wikipedia about "Persian language"
Russian (Russian: русский язык, russkiy yazyk, ) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Russian language"
Tajik or Tadjik (тоҷикӣ, tojikí, تاجیکی toğikī) is a descendant of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia. It is an Indo-European language, more specifically part of the Iranian language group. Speakers of Tajik live mostly in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and western Pakistan (the "Tajik" language spoken by approximately 30,000 people near the Tajikistan border in China is in fact a quite different Pamir language also called Sarikoli.). Tajik is the official language of Tajikistan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tajik language"
The Wakhi Tajiki language is an Iranian language in the subbranch of Southeastern Iranian languages (see Pamir languages). ...more on Wikipedia about "Wakhi language"
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