Shughni people

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Shughni
Shughnan
xuǧnůni, хуг̌ну̊нӣ, خُږنۈنے
Regions with significant populations
 
Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County)
171[3]
Languages
Shughni, Tajik, Dari, Khowar
Religion
Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam[4]
Related ethnic groups
Pamiris, other Iranian peoples

The Shughni (also known as the Shughnan) (

Pamiri subgroup
.

History

The region of

Tajik population.[9] Even after Soviet times, the Shughni, Ishkashim, Rushan, and Wakhi tribes still fought over territory near the borders of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.[10]

Lifestyle

Due to

Farghana.[13] They have also supplemented to 'scanty' resources in Shughnan.[14] The Shughani have also gone to Chitral in Pakistan
to find jobs recently.

Language

The Shughni language is an Eastern Iranian language of the Pamiri subgroup spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, primarily in

Oroshori.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Shughni at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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  5. ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire".
  6. ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire".
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  8. ^ Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1973). Great Soviet Encyclopedia (24 ed.). p. 154.
  9. ^ Zarubin, Ivan Ivanovich (1960). Shughnan Text & Dictionary (in Russian). House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. p. 385.
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  11. ^ Schoeberlein-Engel, John Samuel (1994). Identity in Central Asia: Construction and Contention in the Conceptions of "Özbek," "Tâjik, " "Muslim, " "Samarqandi" and Other Groups. Central Asia: Harvard University. p. 113.
  12. ISBN 9789400738454.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  13. ^ Gore, Kensington (1916). The Geographical Journal (38 ed.). London: Authority of the Council.
  14. ^ Stein, Sir Aurel (1981). Innermost Asia: Text (2 ed.). Central Asia: Cosmo. p. 881.
  15. ^ SSSR, Akademi︠i︡a nauk (1980). Social Sciences (2 ed.). USSR Academy of Sciences. p. 80.