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Tajiks in China
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 A Tajik farmer in Tashkurgan | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 China (Xinjiang) | 50,265[1] |
 Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) | 1,000–2,000[2] |
| Languages | |
| Sarikoli (majority), Wakhi (minority) | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam (Nizari Ismailism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Iranian peoples | |
| Tajiks | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 塔吉克族 | ||||||||
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| Sarikoli name | |||||||||
| Sarikoli | تۇجىك / Tujik | ||||||||
In China, Tajiks are ethnic Pamiris who mostly live in the Pamir Mountains of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang. They are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Chinese government. Most Tajiks speak an Eastern Iranian language; the vast majority speak Sarikoli while a minority speak Wakhi.
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2015xjpopulationwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pam Arlund (2000). "Research on Bilingual Phenomenon of Tajiks in Kashgar Prefecture". Language and Translation. 61 (1): 12. ISSN 1001-0823. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
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