YÄzgulÄmÄ« language
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YÄzgulÄmÄ« is an Eastern Iranian language spoken by a small population southeast of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It has two main dialects, eastern and western, with slight variations. A key difference is the western 't' sound and the eastern 's' sound, both derived from an older 'th' sound. YÄzgulÄmÄ« is closely related to the ShughnÄ« group of dialects spoken in the Pamirs. Some scholars suggest a common protolanguage for YÄzgulÄmÄ« and ShughnÄ«, which later diverged.12
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