Languages of Tajikistan
| Languages of Tajikistan | |
|---|---|
Tajik-language street signs in Dushanbe | |
| Official | Persian Tajik (state) Russian (interethnic) |
| Recognised | Uzbek |
| Indigenous | Aimaqi; Bartangi; Bukhori; Ishkashimi; Khowar; Khufi; Kyrgyz; Oroshani; Parya; Pashto; Rushani; Sanglechi; Shughni; Uzbek; Uyghur; Wakhi; Yaghnobi; Yazgulyam |
| Minority | Armenian; Azerbaijani; Belarusian; Central Asian Arabic; Chinese; Crimean Tatar; Georgian; Dungan; Hazaragi; Tatar; Turkmen; Ukrainian |
| Immigrant | Dari |
| Foreign | Persian; Mandarin Chinese; Arabic (Islam in Tajikistan); English; French; German; Turkish |
| Signed | Russian-Tajik Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
| Source | |
| Alphabet | Tajik Tajik Braille |
There are several languages of Tajikistan. Officially, the country recognizes Russian as the interethnic language and Tajik (a variety of Persian) as the state language. After these two, Uzbek is the next most popular.
Minority languages native to the area include Kyrgyz, Yaghnobi, Parya, and the various Pamir languages. Popular foreign languages to study include English and Chinese.