Tajik, also called Tajik Persian or Tajiki, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by ethnic Tajiks. It is closely related to neighbouring Dari in Afghanistan, with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of the Persian language.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2022-2023 estimate. StatusWikipedia article on Tajik: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Classification
Language Kind Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Tajik Language
Source Wikipedia: Tajik Language
Written In
Tajik is standardly written in a Cyrillic-based alphabet.
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Tajik (Glottolog languoid taji1245)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Tajik Language
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
It is closely related to neighbouring Dari in Afghanistan, with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of the Persian language.
Infobox: iso2
tgk
Infobox, Speakers
10.5 million (2022-2023)
Infobox, Region
Central Asia
Infobox, Official language in
Tajikistan
In Family: Indo-Iranian, Infobox: fam2
Indo-Iranian
In Family: Western Iranian, Infobox: fam4
Western Iranian
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