Shughni people
xuǧnůni, хуг̌ну̊нӣ, خُږنۈنے | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County) | 171[3] |
| Languages | |
| Shughni, Tajik, Dari, Khowar | |
| Religion | |
| Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam[4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Pamiris, especially Wakhis, Oroshoris, Bartangis, Khufis, Rushanis, Sarikolis, and Wanjis | |
The Shughni (also known as the Shughnan) (
Pamiri subgroup
.
History
The region of
Tajik population.[9] Even after Soviet times, the Shughni, Ishkashim, Rushani, and Wakhi tribes still fought over territory near the borders of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.[10]
Lifestyle
Due to
Farghana.[13] They have also supplemented to 'scanty' resources in Shughnan.[14] The Shughani have also gone to Chitral in Pakistan
to find jobs recently.
Language
The Shughni language is an Eastern Iranian language of the Pamiri subgroup spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, primarily in
Oroshori.[15]
References
- ^ a b Shughni at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ISBN 978-1135797041.
- ISBN 978-1135797041.
- ISBN 9780807834077.
- ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire".
- ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire".
- ISBN 9780956021014.
- ^ Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1973). Great Soviet Encyclopedia (24 ed.). p. 154.
- ^ Zarubin, Ivan Ivanovich (1960). Shughnan Text & Dictionary (in Russian). House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. p. 385.
- ISBN 9781317430957.
- ^ Schoeberlein-Engel, John Samuel (1994). Identity in Central Asia: Construction and Contention in the Conceptions of "Özbek," "Tâjik, " "Muslim, " "Samarqandi" and Other Groups. Central Asia: Harvard University. p. 113.
- ISBN 9789400738454.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ Gore, Kensington (1916). The Geographical Journal (38 ed.). London: Authority of the Council.
- ^ Stein, Sir Aurel (1981). Innermost Asia: Text (2 ed.). Central Asia: Cosmo. p. 881.
- ^ SSSR, Akademi︠i︡a nauk (1980). Social Sciences (2 ed.). USSR Academy of Sciences. p. 80.
