Yaghnobi people
The Yaghnobi (Yaghnobi: yaγnōbī́t or suγdī́t; Tajik: яғнобиҳо, yağnobiho/jaƣnoʙiho) are an Eastern Iranian people residing in Tajikistan's Sughd region, specifically in the valleys of the Yaghnob, Qul, and Varzob rivers.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Yaghnobi
- Ethnic group.native_name
- yaγnōbī́t, яғнобиҳо
- Ethnic group.image
- Yaghnobi girl.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Yaghnobi children
- Ethnic group.population
- c. 25,000
- Ethnic group.langs
- Yaghnobi, Tajik
- Ethnic group.rels
- Sunni Islam
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- ber
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Other Iranian peoples
- Ethnic group.regions
- Valleys around Yaghnob, Qul and Varzob Rivers, Zafarobod District and elsewhere in Tajikistan
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- History
- Antiquity
- Pre-20th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Religion
- Genetics
- Haplogroups
- Autosomal DNA
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The Yaghnobi (Yaghnobi: yaγnōbī́t or suγdī́t; Tajik: яғнобиҳо, yağnobiho/jaƣnoʙiho) are an Eastern Iranian people residing in Tajikistan's Sughd region, specifically in the valleys of the Yaghnob, Qul, and Varzob rivers.
Yaghnobi is spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Yaghnobi people, and is also taught in some schools. It is considered to be a direct descendant of Sogdian and has often been called Neo-Sogdian in academic literature. The Yaghnobi are considered to be descendants of the Sogdian-speaking peoples who once inhabited most of Central Asia beyond the Amu Darya River in what was ancient Sogdia.