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Dari Persian, Tajik

Tajik (also spelled Tajiki, Tadzhik or Tadjik) is a language belonging to the Farsi or Persian subgroup of the West Iranian language group. Tajik is written in the Cyrillic alphabet and is very similar to Dari or Dari Persian.

  • Ladan quickly learned to speak Tajik: it is very similar to her mother tongue, Farsi.

A native or inhabitant of Tajikistan is called a Tajik.

  • Most Tajiks are Muslims and speak Dari Persian.