Where Do They Speak Tajik?

Tajik is the official language and is spoken by most people in Tajikistan. A member of the southwest group of Iranian languages, it is closely related to the mutually intelligible dialects of Farsi and Dari in Iran and Afghanistan, respectively, though it differs from these…

Are Farsi and Tajik the same?

Farsi and Dari are two dialects of the same language, mutually intelligible in written format, but very different when spoken. ... Tajik too has diverged from Farsi in both script and vocabulary and they are often mutually intelligible when spoken but not when written.

Where is Tajik located?

Tajikistan, officially Republic of Tajikistan, Tajik Tojikiston or Jumhurii Tojikiston, Tajikistan also spelled Tadzhikistan, country lying in the heart of Central Asia. It is bordered by Kyrgyzstan on the north, China on the east, Afghanistan on the south, and Uzbekistan on the west and northwest.