Oroshori dialect explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wurum . Stephen A . Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing . 2001 . UNESCO . 9789231037986 .
  2. Web site: Did you know Oroshor is vulnerable? .
  3. Book: Moseley . Christopher . Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages . 2008 . Routledge . 9781135796402 .
  4. Web site: Roshorvi or Oroshori language | the Committee of Language and Terminology by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan .
  5. Languages and Dialects: Islamic Period . 4311186 . Perry . John R. . Iranian Studies . 1998 . 31 . 3/4 . 517–525 . 10.1080/00210869808701929 .
  6. Book: Comrie . Bernard . The World's Major Languages . 2009 . 443 . Routledge . 9781134261567 .
  7. Book: Windfuhr . Gernot . Iranian Languages . 2013 . Routledge . 978-1135797041 .