
doi: 10.33063/diva-490983
The present study of language contact between the Tajik (West-Iranian) and Wakhi (East-Iranian) languages spoken in Tajikistan has been undertaken from a synchronic perspective. Specific manifestations of the language contact are studied within the context of the current sociolinguistic situation of the endangered minority Wakhi language and in relation to code-switching, diglossia and borrowing. Tajik-Wakhi contact is understood as unidirectional; i.e., Wakhi is influenced by the majority and official Tajik language, but Tajik is not influenced in return. The study focuses on describing the contact-induced phenomena occurring on the level of morphosyntax, clause-combining and discourse. The phenomena addressed in the article are the use of the ezafe linking particle -i, the use of the Tajik plural endings -o/-on, the adversative conjunction am(m)o, the use of the borrowed subordinator ki, co-occurrence of the borrowed ki and agar with the native subordinator cǝ, and finally, interference of the Tajik verb system with the native Wakhi verb system in narration.
Wakhi, Tajik, language contact, endangered languages, East-Iranian languages, Pamir languages, Pamir languages, endangered languages, Studier av enskilda språk, East-Iranian languages, Oriental languages and literatures, PJ, language contact, P1-1091, Wakhi, Tajik, Philology. Linguistics, Specific Languages
Wakhi, Tajik, language contact, endangered languages, East-Iranian languages, Pamir languages, Pamir languages, endangered languages, Studier av enskilda språk, East-Iranian languages, Oriental languages and literatures, PJ, language contact, P1-1091, Wakhi, Tajik, Philology. Linguistics, Specific Languages
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