Oroshori
Roshorvi
Орошори
Native toTajikistan, Afghanistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province
EthnicityOroshoris
Native speakers
1,500 (2001)[1]
Cyrillic script (Tajik Cyrillic alphabet)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologoros1238  Oroshor
ELPOroshor

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

  1. Wurum, Stephen A (2001). Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing. ISBN 9789231037986.
  2. "Did you know Oroshor is vulnerable?".
  3. Moseley, Christopher (2008). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. 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. p. 443. ISBN 9781134261567.
  7. Windfuhr, Gernot (2013). Iranian Languages. ISBN 978-1135797041.
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