Oroshori dialect

Shughni dialect of Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Oroshori

Roshorvi
Орошори, Orošori
Орошори зив, Orošori ziv
Native to| Tajikistan, Afghanistan
Region| Gorno-Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province
Ethnicity| Oroshoris

Native speakers

| 1,500 (2001)[1]

Language family

Indo-European

* Indo-Iranian
* Iranian
* Eastern Iranian
* Shughni–Yazgulami
* Shughni
* Oroshori

Writing system

| 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]

## 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.