Indo-European family
Shughni
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Shughni (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Shughni.
See Shughni on the interactive map- Speakers
- 100K (100,000)
- ISO 639-3
- sgh
Largest Pamir language (Shughni–Rushani group), spoken in Gorno-Badakhshan (Tajikistan) and Badakhshan (Afghanistan).
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
- Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Shughnic. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 16
Also descended from Proto-Iranian.