Tajik (a.k.a. Galcha) is the the variety of Persian spoken
in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine and Afghanistan by about 4.4 million people.
The Persian language in this region was renamed Tajik by Stalin in 1932
in order to distance Persian speakers in Central Asia from Persian
speakers in Iran.
Before 1928, Tajik was written with a version of the Perso-Arabic
script, then with the Latin alphabet between 1928 to 1940, then with a modified
version of the Cyrillic alphabet thereafter. In 1989, the Tajik government
passed a law calling for the reintroduction of the Arabic alphabet. There are
also some people in favour of switching to the Latin alphabet.
Perso-Arabic script for Tajik (اﻟﻔﺒﺎﯼ ﺗﺎﺟﮑﯽ)
Latin alphabet for Tajik
Cyrillic alphabet for Tajik (алифбои тоҷикӣ)
Tajik sample text in the Arabic script
تمام
آدمان آزاد به
دنيا مى آيند و
از لحاظ منزلت
و حقوق با هم
برابرند. همه
صحب عقل و
وجدانند، بايد
نسبت به يكديگر
برادروار مناسبت
نمايند.
Transliteration
tmạm ậdmạn ậzạd bh
dnyạ mỵ ậynd w ạz lḥạẓ mnzlt
w ḥqwq bạ hm brạbrnd. hmh ṣḥb ʿql w
wjdạnnd, bạyd nsbt bh ykdygr brạdrwạr mnạsbt
nmạynd.
Tajik sample text in the Latin alphabet
Tamomi odamon ozod ba dunyo meojand va az lihozi manzilatu huquq bo ham
barobarand. Hama sohibi aqlu viçdonand, bojad nisbat ba jakdigar
barodarvor munosabat namojand.
Tajik sample text in the Cyrillic alphabet
Тамоми одамон
озод ба дунё
меоянд ва аз
лиҳози
манзилату ҳуқуқ
бо ҳам баробаранд.
Ҳама соҳиби ақлу
виҷдонанд, бояд
нисбат ба якдигар
бародарвор
муносабат
намоянд.
Transliteration
Tamomi odamon ozod ba dunë meoând va az
lix̧ozi manzilatu x̧uķuķ bo x̧am barobarand.
X̧ama sox̧ibi aķlu viç̌donand, boâd
nisbat ba âkdigar barodarvor munosabat namoând.
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Tajik language courses and dictionaries
Links
Information about the Tajik language and alphabets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_language
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=66&menu=004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_alphabet
Radio Free Europe Tajik Service
http://www.ozodi.org/