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Oroshori dialect

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Oroshori
Roshorvi
Орошори Orošori
Орошори зив Orošori ziv
Native toTajikistan, Afghanistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province
EthnicityOroshoris
Native speakers
1,500 (2001)[1]
Cyrillic script (Tajik Cyrillic alphabet)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologoros1238  Oroshor
ELPOroshor

Oroshori (also known as Roshorvi) is a dialect of Shughni, a Pamiri language spoken in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan as well as 267 speakers in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province.[3][4] It is similar to other dialects of Shughni such as Rushani and Bartangi.[5] Oroshori contains many loanwords from Sarikoli[6] as well as Kyrgyz.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Wurum, Stephen A (2001). Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing. UNESCO. ISBN 9789231037986.
  2. ^ "Did you know Oroshor is vulnerable?".
  3. ^ Moseley, Christopher (2008). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. ISBN 9781135796402.
  4. ^ "Roshorvi or Oroshori language | the Committee of Language and Terminology by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan".
  5. ^ Perry, John R. (1998). "Languages and Dialects: Islamic Period". Iranian Studies. 31 (3/4): 517–525. doi:10.1080/00210869808701929. JSTOR 4311186.
  6. ^ Comrie, Bernard (2009). The World's Major Languages. Routledge. p. 443. ISBN 9781134261567.
  7. ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2013). Iranian Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135797041.
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