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Language code: tgk

Technical information about ISO 639 language code tgk

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The table below provides technical details for the Tajik language, designated by the tgk code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

tgk

Name

Official

Tajik

Native

Тоҷикӣ

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern TajikCentral TajikSouthern Tajik
Related languages
Persian (Iranian Persian)Dari (Afghan Persian)Hazaragi
Key facts
Written in Cyrillic script since 1939, after earlier Perso-Arabic and Latin stagesCarries many Russian loanwords, especially in scientific and administrative vocabularyKeeps some archaic Persian features such as the consonant /w/ that became /v/ in Iranian PersianPhonological influence from neighboring Turkic languages gives it more vowel harmony–like patterns than PersianPrimary word stress typically falls on the final syllable, unlike other Persian varieties
Sample phrase

Салом, шумо чӣ хел ҳастед?

Character encodings

KOI8-T, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Tajik language, identified by the code tgk, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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