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Name: Shughni Alternate Names: Shugnan-Rushan; Shighni; Khugni Spoken in: Tajikistan, Afghanistan Number of speakers: 40,000 in Tajikistan (1975 SIL). 20,000 Shugan, 1,500 to 2,000 Oroshor, 15,000 Rushan. Population total all countries: 60,000. Ethnic population: 73,000 (1990 A. Kibrik) including 50,000 Shugni, 2,000 Oroshor, 18,000 Rushan, 800 Khufi, 3,000 Bartang (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 132500 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 60000 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: sgh Code Authority: ISO 639-3 Code Standard: SIL Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite) Parent Subgroup: Shugni-Yazgulami; Shughni-Yazgulami (shya) Child Dialects: Khufi; Khuf; Chuf (sgh-khu) Bartangi; Bartang (sgh-bar) Rushani; Rushan; Roshani; Oroshani (sgh-rus) Shughni; Saighani; Ghorani; Shughnani; Shugan; Shugnan; Shighni; Khugni (sgh-shu) Oroshor; Oroshori; Roshorvi (sgh-oro) Roshani; Rushani; Rushan; Oroshani (sgh-ros)

Endangerment Status

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UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed