Sarikoli language
| Sarikoli | |
|---|---|
| Tashkorghani | |
| تۇجىك زىڤ Tujik ziv Тоҷик зив سەرىقۇلى زىڤ Sarikhuli ziv Сариқоли зив | |
| Native to | China, Pakistan |
| Region | Pamir (Tashkurgan County) and (Chitral) |
| Ethnicity | Sarikolis |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 2000) |
Indo-European
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| Uyghur Arabic alphabet (unofficial) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | srh |
| Glottolog | sari1246 |
| ELP | Sarikoli |
| Linguasphere | 58-ABD-eb |
Xinjiang Province. Light blue are areas where Sarikoli is spoken. | |
The Sarikoli language (also Sariqoli, Selekur, Sarikul, Sariqul, Sariköli) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Southeastern Iranian languages spoken by the Pamiris in Xinjiang, China and Chitral, Pakistan. It is officially referred to in China as the "Tajik language", although it is different from the related Iranian language spoken in Tajikistan, which is a dialect of Persian.