Shughni language

Shughni
Shughni
Shugnani-Rushani
xuǧnůn ziv/хуг̌ну̊н зив, pomiray/помирай зив/شغنی
Native to	Tajikistan, Afghanistan
Native speakers	(50,000 Shughni proper, ca. 75,000 all varieties cited 1990)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Iranian Shugni–Yazgulami Shughnani Shughni; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Rushani dialect;
Writing system	Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sgh
Glottolog	shug1248
ELP	Shughni; Oroshor;

Shughni is a Pamiri language spoken in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in the Hindu Kush region. It is closely related to Rushani.

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