Oroshori | |
Nativename: | Орошори, Orošori Орошори зив, Orošori ziv |
Also Known As: | Roshorvi |
States: | Tajikistan, Afghanistan |
Region: | Gorno-Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province |
Ethnicity: | Oroshoris |
Speakers: | 1,500 |
Date: | 2001 |
Ref: | [1] |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
Fam3: | Iranian |
Fam4: | Eastern Iranian |
Fam5: | Shughni–Yazgulami |
Fam6: | Shughni |
Script: | Cyrillic script (Tajik Cyrillic alphabet)[2] |
Isoexception: | dialect |
Glotto: | oros1238 |
Glottoname: | 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]