Khufi language

Khufi is a Pamir language spoken in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. It is closely related to Shughni, and is traditionally considered a dialect of it, but it is quite distinct. It is spoken in the villages of Khuf and Pastkhuf in the Khufdara River gorge, a right-hand tributary of Panj that descends from the Rushan Range south of the Bartang River and the town of Rushon.

NativetoTajikistan

Native speakers

(800 cited 1990)^[1]

Language family

Indo-European

• Indo-Iranian
  • Iranian
    • Southeastern Iranian
      • Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji
        • Shughni-Yazghulami
          • Shughni-Sarikoli
            • Shughni
              • Rushani-Khufi
                • Khufi

Recognised minority
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Tajikistan (in Gorno-Badakhshan)

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Khufi
Xuf ziv
Native to	Tajikistan
Native speakers	(800 cited 1990)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Southeastern Iranian Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji Shughni-Yazghulami Shughni-Sarikoli Shughni Rushani-Khufi Khufi
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Tajikistan (in Gorno-Badakhshan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	khuf1238
ELP	Khufi

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