Shughni or Khughni (in the local language: хуг̌ну̊н зив tr. khughnön ziv; Tajik: шуғнонӣ, Persian: شغنانی), is one of the Pamir languages of the Southeastern Iranian language group.[2][1] Its distribution is in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan, Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan, Chitral district in Pakistan and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in China.[2][3]
Shughni | |
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Shugnani-Rushani | |
xuǧnůn ziv/хуг̌ну̊н зив, pomiray/помирай зив/خُغنُوْن زِڤ | |
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Native to | Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China |
Ethnicity | Shughnan |
Native speakers | (50,000 Shughni proper, ca. 75,000 all varieties cited 1990)[1] |
Language family | Indo-European
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Dialects |
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Writing system | Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sgh |
Glottolog | shug1248 |
ELP | |
![]() Shughni is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Shughni-Rushani tends towards SOV word order, distinguishes a masculine and feminine gender in nouns and some adjectives, as well as the 3rd person singular of verbs. Shughni distinguishes between an absolutive and an oblique case in its system of pronouns. Rushani is noted for a typologically unusual 'double-oblique' construction, also called a 'transitive case', in the past tense. Normally Soviet school scientists consider Rushani as a close but independent language to Shughni, while Western school scientists codes Rushani as a dialect of Shughni due to Afghanistan Rushani speakers living in the Sheghnan district of Badakhshan Province.
Rushani, Bartangi, Oroshori (Roshorvi), Khufi and Shughni proper are considered to be dialects. However, Bartangi and Khufi are quite distinct and may be separate languages.
The following are the vowels of Shughni:
Front | Central | Back | |||
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Close | i | u | |||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |||
Close-mid | e | ø | ə | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | ||
Open | a~æ | ɑ |
Long vowels occur as /iː, eː, oː/.
The following are the consonants of Shughni:[4]
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
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plain | sibilant | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡s | t͡ʃ | k | q | |
voiced | b | d | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ɡ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | ʃ | x | χ | (h) |
voiced | v | ð | z | ʒ | ɣ | ʁ | ||
Approximant | l | j | w | |||||
Rhotic | r |
Letter | Phoneme | English equivalent | Usage in Shugni | ||
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Latin | Cyrillic | Latin Orthography | Cyrillic Orthography | ||
A/a | А а | a | apple, angry | bad, akuniath, aram, anor | бад, акуниат̌, арам, анор |
Aa/aa | А̄ а̄ | aː | Harvard, march | xhaab, daav, zamunaa, baad | ха̄б, да̄в, замуна̄, ба̄д |
Ai/ai | Ай ай | aj | bite, fire | taiyor, arai, aiyuum, maile | тайор, арай, аййӯм, майлэ |
B/b | Б б | b | big, able | biyor, balad, abor | бийор, балад, абор |
Ch/ch | Ч ч | t͡ʃ | church, chair | chiiz, chiid, choi, chorik | чӣз, чӣд, чои, чорик |
D/d | Д д | d | dead, dried | daak, diidor, murd, dar | да̄к, дӣдор, мурд, дар |
Dh/dh | Д̌ д̌ | ð | this, mother | dhid, dhust, dhud, pidhid, podh | д̌ид, д̌уст, д̌уд, пид̌ид, под̌ |
Dz/dz | З̌ з̌ | d͡z | buds, lads (approximate) | dzulik, pindz, wixhidz, majdzuunj | з̌улик, пинз̌, в̌ихиз̌, маҷз̌ӯнҷ |
E/e | Э э | ɛ | elephant, egg | elak, qate, qine, biide | элак, қатэ, қинэ, бӣдэ |
Ee/ee | Ээ ээ | eː | team, breeze | tseem, teez, deer, Apreel | цээм, тээз, дээр, Апрээл |
Ey/ey | Эй эй | ɛj | aid, ancient | peydow, xheydow, | пэйдов̌, хэйдов̌ |
F/f | Ф ф | f | fat, roof | fort, famtow, faand, boft | форт, фамтов̌, фа̄нд, бофт |
G/g | Г г | g | girl, big | gaap, gandaa, gardha, yiga | га̄п, ганда̄, гард̌а, йига |
Gh/gh | Г̌ г̌ | ɣ | sound not used in English | ghaats, ghalat, bogh, shagh | г̌а̄ц, г̌алат, бог̌, шаг̌ |
H/h | Ҳ ҳ | h | hat | Marginal phoneme[example needed] | |
I/i | И и | ɪ | big, lift | nist, yiwath, khirs, chis | нист, йив̌ат̌, х̌ирс, чис |
Ii/ii | Ӣ ӣ | iː | feet, beat | tiidow, miidow, shiintow, zhiiwj | тӣдов̌, мӣдов̌, шӣнтов̌, жӣв̌ҷ |
J/j | Ҷ ҷ | d͡ʒ | jam, barge | jumla, jazo, majlis, ajab | ҷумла, ҷазо, маҷлис, аҷаб |
Jh/jh | Ғ ғ | ʁ | sound not used in English | jhinik, saajh, majh, sipajh | ғиник, са̄ғ, мағ, сипағ |
K/k | К к | k | book, kit | kitob, maak, tukmaa, kiinaa | китоб, ма̄к, тукма̄, кина̄ |
Kh/kh | Х̌ х̌ | x | loch, Khorog (only for some speakers) | khaat, sakht, bakht, kharid | х̌а̄т, сах̌т, бах̌т, х̌арид |
L/l | Л л | l | like, feel | lap, liing, tambal, balad | лап, лӣнг, тамбал, балад |
M/m | М м | m | mouse, meet | mund, tamand, famtow, shaam | мунд, таманд, фамтов̌, ша̄м |
N/n | Н н | n | nut, mean | naan, qand, fanaa, baandak | на̄н, қанд, фана̄, ба̄ндак |
O/o | О о | o | pot, shop | oyandaa, ofarin, boft, nolaan | ойанда̄, офарин, бофт, нола̄н |
Oo/oo | Оо оо | oː | boot, poodle | noor, joor, mood, moon | ноор, ҷоор, моод, моон |
P/p | П п | p | paint, top | parwiin, lap, pardhedow, pool | парв̌ӣн, лап, пард̌эдов̌, поол |
Q/q | Қ қ | q | sound not used in English | qamoch, qand, nuqtaa, qiin | қамоч, қанд, нуқта̄, қӣн |
R/r | Р р | r | rabbit, rob | raang, tsarang, roosht, rukhsat | ра̄нг, царанг, роошт, рух̌сат |
S/s | С с | s | sit, miss | sarake, baas, kasal, safar | саракэ, ба̄с, касал, сафар |
Sh/sh | Ш ш | ʃ | shout, bush | shamol, maash, bashand, shogird | шамол, ма̄ш, башанд, шогирд |
T/t | Т т | t | title, time | tavaar, turd, sust, chust | тава̄р, турд, суст, чуст |
Th/th | Т̌ т̌ | θ | think, moth | achath, khobath, aquniath, thiir | ачат̌, х̌обат̌, ақуниат̌, тӣр |
Ts/ts | Ц ц | t͡s | blitz, fits (approximate) | tsavor, buts, tsarang, xhats | цавор, буц, царанг, хац |
U/u | У у | u | look, should | duzd, mund, tuid, buts | дузд, мунд, туид, буц |
Uu/uu | Ӯ ӯ | uː | earn, fern | luuvd, uun, yuudand, okhoruun | лӯвд, ӯн, йӯданд, ох̌орӯн |
V/v | В в | v | vet, leave | viidow, helav, vaz, virod | вӣдов̌, ҳэлав, ваз, вирод |
W/w | В̌ в̌ | w | few, wait | chiidow, wiintow, boware, wazmin | чӣдов̌, в̌ӣнтов̌, бов̌арэ, в̌азмӣн |
Xh/xh | Х х | χ | sound not used in English | xheidow, xhats, tuxhna, duxhman | хэйдов̌, хац, тухна, духман |
Y/y | Й й | j | yellow, yet | yordam, yelav, oyandaa, boyad | йордам, йэлав, ойанда̄, бойад |
Z/z | З з | z | zoo, blaze | zamiin, bozor, zardak, ziird | замӣн, бозор, зардак, зӣрд |
Zh/zh | Ж ж | ʒ | pleasure, déjà vu | zholaa, zhiiwj, ghazhd, zhow | жола̄, жӣв̌ҷ, г̌ажд, жов̌ |
The Shughni cyrillic alphabet is as follows:
А а | А̄ а̄ | Б б | В в | В̌ в̌ | Г г | Ғ ғ | Г̌ г̌ | Ғ̌ ғ̌ | Д д | Д̌ д̌ |
Е е | Ё ё | Ж ж | З з | З̌ з̌ | И и | Ӣ ӣ | Й й | К к | Қ қ | Л л |
М м | Н н | О о | П п | Р р | С с | Т т | Т̌ т̌ | У у | Ӯ ӯ | У̊ у̊ |
Ф ф | Х х | Ҳ ҳ | Х̌ х̌ | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ҷ ҷ | Ш ш | ъ | Э э |
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