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On 6 October 2009, Tajikistan adopted the law that removes Russian as the lingua franca and mandated Tajik as the language to be used in official documents and education, with an exception for members Tajikistan's ethnic minority groups, who would be permitted to receive an education in the language of their choosing. [103]
Tajikistan's population and rural population 1958–2005 (millions). 9,275,787 (2019 est.) According to Worldmeters Tajikistan's main ethnic group are the Tajiks, with minorities such as the Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, and a small Russian minority. Because not everyone in Tajikistan is an ethnic Tajik, the non-Tajik citizens of the country are referred ...
The list of ethnic groups in Tajikistan is a page about the ethnic groups in Tajikistan by population through time. Ethnic group in Tajikistan by population
Sadriddin Ayni, National poet of Tajikistan, was a Tajik born in the Uzbek ruled Emirate of Bukhara. The Tajiks of Uzbekistan are ethnic Tajiks residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan. They constitute about 5% of the total population, [1] though some estimates suggest the actual number is significantly higher. [2]
In 1924, the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was created as a part of Uzbekistan, [44] and in 1929 the Tajikistan Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajikistan SSR, Таджикская ССР) was made a separate constituent republic; [44] the predominantly ethnic Tajik cities of Samarkand and Bukhara remained in the Uzbek SSR.
Tajiks, an ethnic group in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan; Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan; Tajik alphabet, Alphabet used to write the Tajik language; Tajik Air, Airline in Tajikistan; Tajik Internal Troops, are the internal security force of Tajikistan; Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, 1929–1991 republic of the ...
Related ethnic groups Other Iranian peoples The Yaghnobi Tajiks ( Yaghnobi : yaγnōbī́t or suγdī́t; Tajik : яғнобиҳо, yağnobiho/jaƣnoʙiho), commonly referred to as Yaghnobis , are an Eastern Iranian people residing in Tajikistan 's Sughd province, specifically in the valleys of the Yaghnob, Qul, and Varzob rivers.
This category and its subcategories are restricted to people verified to be of Tajik heritage/descent/origin, according to reliable published sources. See Category:Tajikistani people for related people by nationality.