Social:Oroshori dialect

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Short description: Shughni dialect of Tajikistan and Afghanistan
Oroshori
Roshorvi
Орошори
Native toTajikistan, Afghanistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province
EthnicityOroshoris
Native speakers
1,500 (2001)[1]
Indo-European
Cyrillic script (Tajik Cyrillic alphabet)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologoros1238  Oroshor[3]

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.[4][5] It is similar to other dialects of Shughni such as Rushani and Bartangi.[6] Oroshori contains many loanwords from Sarikoli[7] as well as Kyrgyz.[8]

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