Oroshori | |
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Roshorvi | |
Орошори, Orošori Орошори зив, Orošori ziv | |
Native to | Tajikistan, Afghanistan |
Region | Gorno-Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province |
Ethnicity | Oroshoris |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2001)[1] |
Cyrillic script (Tajik Cyrillic alphabet)[2] | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | oros1238 Oroshor |
ELP | Oroshor |
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]