The Peoples of Pamir, Their Languages and the Census: The Ethnic Discourse

[Pamirskie narody, ikh yazyki i perepis’: etnicheskii diskurs]

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S086954150001482-0

Type of publication: Research Article

Submitted: 03.07.2017

Accepted: 18.01.2018

About author(s)

Tokhir Kalandarov | http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-1784 | tohir_s70@mail.ru | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (32-a Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia)

Keywords

Pamiri peoples, Pamir, Tajikistan, census, identity, native language

Abstract

Pamiri peoples occupy the high mountainous valleys of Pamir in the Tajikistan Republic. They preserved ancient East-Iranian languages and their unique indigenous culture. Currently, the total population of Pamiri peoples in the Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous District constitutes a number over 150 000. The article analyzes the status of Pamiri peoples as reflected in Soviet and post-Soviet censuses, as well as their views on the future.

Citation

Kalandarov, T.S. 2018. Pamirskie narody, ikh yazyki i perepis’: etnicheskii diskurs [The Peoples of Pamir, Their Languages and the Census: The Ethnic Discourse]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 5: 162-178. https://doi.org/10.31857/S086954150001482-0

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