Yaghnobin.
/jɑːɡˈnəʊbi/ A modern Iranian language spoken by the Yaghnobs in parts of Tadzhikistan.
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1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. x. 372 Many..Iranian dialects..are spoken over large areas of Asia. The chief among them are the Caspian, the Kurdish,..the Yagnobi, and the Ossetic dialect.
1968 Language 44 281 The alternative is to assume the more traditional view that Sogdian is a descendant of Avestan, and Yaghnobi of Sogdian.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IX. 451/2 Yaghnobi is still spoken by a small number of people southeast of Samarkand. It has two main dialects.
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