Editing Tajik language (section)

===Dialects===
Tajik dialects can be approximately split into the following groups:

# Northern dialects ([[Sughd Region|Northern Tajikistan]], [[Bukhara]], [[Samarkand]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], and the [[Varzob]] valley region of [[Dushanbe]]).<ref name="Windfuhr, Gernot 2009">Windfuhr, Gernot. "Persian and Tajik." The Iranian Languages. New York, NY: Routledge, 2009. 421</ref>
# Central dialects (dialects of the upper [[Zarafshon (river)|Zarafshan]] Valley)<ref name="Windfuhr, Gernot 2009"/>
# Southern dialects (South and East of [[Dushanbe]], [[Kulob]], and the [[Rasht District|Rasht]] region of Tajikistan)<ref name="Windfuhr, Gernot 2009"/>
# Southeastern dialects (dialects of the [[Darvaz (region)|Darvoz]] region and the [[Amu Darya]] near [[Rushon]])<ref name="Windfuhr, Gernot 2009"/>
The dialect used by the [[Bukharan Jews]] of Central Asia is known as the [[Bukhori dialect]] and belongs to the northern dialect grouping. It is chiefly distinguished by the inclusion of [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] terms, principally religious vocabulary, and historical use of the [[Hebrew alphabet]]. Despite these differences, Bukhori is [[Mutual intelligibility|readily intelligible]] to other Tajik speakers, particularly speakers of northern dialects.

A very important moment in the development of the contemporary Tajik, especially of the spoken language, is the tendency in changing its dialectal orientation. The dialects of Northern Tajikistan were the foundation of the prevalent standard Tajik, while the Southern dialects did not enjoy either popularity or prestige. Now all politicians and public officials make their speeches in the Kulob dialect, which is also used in broadcasting.<ref>E.K. Sobirov (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences). [http://www.iling-ran.ru/library/sborniki/for_lang/2014_06/4.pdf On learning the vocabulary of the Tajik language in modern times], p. 115.</ref>