Sarikoli language

Sarikoli
Sarikoli
Tujik ziv (Тоҷик зив)
Native to	China
Region	Pamir (Taxkorgan County)
Ethnicity	Sarikolis
Native speakers	16,000 (2000)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Shugni–Yazgulami Shughnani Sarikoli; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Uyghur Arabic alphabet (unofficial)
Official status
Official language in	China
Language codes
ISO 639-3	srh
Glottolog	sari1246
ELP	Sarikoli
Linguasphere	58-ABD-eb
	Xinjiang Province. Light blue are areas where Sarikoli is spoken.

The Sarikoli language (also Sariqoli, Selekur, Sarikul, Sariqul, Sariköli) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Southeastern Iranian languages spoken by the Pamiris of Xinjiang, China. It is officially referred to in China as the "Tajik language", although it is different from the related Iranian language spoken in Tajikistan, which is considered a dialect of Persian.

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