Yazghulami language
| Yazghulami | |
|---|---|
| йуздоми звег yuzdomi zveg зѓамиѓай zǵamiǵai | |
| Pronunciation | [zɡʲamiˈɡʲai] |
| Native to | Tajikistan |
Native speakers | 9,000 (2010) |
| Cyrillic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yah |
| Glottolog | yazg1240 |
| ELP | Yazgulyami |
| Linguasphere | 58-ABD-f |
Yazghulami is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Yazghulami language (also Yazgulami, Yazgulyami, Iazgulem, Yazgulyam, Yazgulam, Yazgulyamskiy, Jazguljamskij, (Tajik: язғуломӣ (Yazghulomi)) is a member of the Southeastern subgroup of the Iranian languages, spoken by around 9,000 people along the Yazghulom River in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. Together with Shugni, it is classified in a Shugni-Yazgulami subgroup of the areal group of Pamir languages. Virtually all speakers of Yazghulami are bilingual in Tajik, the variety of the Persian language spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The Yazghulami people are an exception among the speakers of Pamir languages in that they do not adhere to Ismailism.