Shughni people

Shughni
Shughnan
xuǧnůni, хуг̌ну̊нӣ, خُږنۈنے
Regions with significant populations
 Tajikistan (Shughnon District)50,000 (1990)[1]
 Afghanistan (Shighnan District)40,000 (2009)[1]
 Pakistan (Chitral District)855[2]
 China (Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County)171[3]
Languages
Shughni, Tajik, Dari, Khowar
Religion
Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam[4]
Related ethnic groups
Pamiris, other Iranian peoples

The Shughni (also known as the Shughnan) (Shughni: xuǧnůni, хуг̌ну̊нӣ, خُږنۈنے) are an Iranian sub-ethnic group of Pamiris, who reside in the Pamir Mountains of the Badakhshan region of Central Asia. They mostly live in the country of Tajikistan, while a minority lives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China.[5] They speak the Shughni language, an Eastern Iranian language of the Pamiri subgroup.

  1. ^ a b Shughni at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2013). Iranian Languages. Routledge. p. 868. ISBN 978-1135797041.
  3. ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2013). Iranian Languages. Routledge. p. 558. ISBN 978-1135797041.
  4. ^ Steinburg, Jonah (2011). Isma'ili Modern: Globalization and Identity in a Muslim Community. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 234. ISBN 9780807834077.
  5. ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire".

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