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The two official languages of Tajikistan are Russian as the interethnic language and Tajik as the state language, as understood in Article 2 of the Constitution: "The state language of Tajikistan shall be Tajik. Russian shall be the language of international communication."
Tajik, [2] [a] Tajik Persian, Tajiki Persian, [b] also called Tajiki, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by Tajiks.It is closely related to neighbouring Dari of Afghanistan with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of the Persian language.
Tajikistan, [a] officially the Republic of Tajikistan, [b] is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. It has a ...
The Usoi Dam is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in Tajikistan. At 567 metres (1,860 ft) high, it is the tallest dam in the world, either natural or man-made. The dam was created on 18 February 1911, when the 7.4-M s Sarez earthquake caused a massive landslide that blocked the flow of the river. [1]
As with many post-Soviet states, the change in writing system and the debates surrounding it is closely intertwined with political themes. Although not having been used since the adoption of Cyrillic, the Latin script is supported by those who wish to bring the country closer to Uzbekistan, which has adopted the Latin-based Uzbek alphabet. [1]
The vowels are shown to reflect Urdu pronunciations and not the Dari/Tajik pronunciation. Meaning that, for example, the phoneme [ɔ], which is equivalent to Iranian Persian [ ɒː ] after having undergone a chain shift , is not written with alef "آ / ا /ا ـا", but with the letter waw " او / و / ـو ".
Tojikobod (Tajik: Тоҷикобод, Russian: Таджикабад Tadzhikabad) is a village in central Tajikistan. It is the seat of Tojikobod District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. [1]
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the south , Uzbekistan to the west , Kyrgyzstan to the north , and China to the east .