Tajik-English/English-Tajik Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)

Hippocrene books, 1998. — 147 p. A dictionary and phrasebook of Tajik, the national language of Tajikistan. Located in Central Asia and bordered by China, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan is rich with business opportunities and eager to attract Western companies. This phrasebook contains useful phrases in everyday Tajik covering a variety of situations. About the author(s) Firdaus Shukurov is a university instructor in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. He is a native speaker of Tajik. J.F. Conroy is the chairman of World Languages at a high school in Philadelphia, PA. He came to Tajik through his studies in Farsi. Both authors used Esperanto as a bridge-language in creating this book. ISBN: 9780781806626 Tajikistan is one of the many newly-independent states which made up the former Soviet Union. Located in Central Asia, it is bordered by China, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgystan. Tajik is the main language of Tajikistan. It is a a remarkably accessible language for an English-speaker, especially in this phrasebook, which uses the Roman alphabet throughout. Tajik is a member of the West Iranian group of Indo-European languages and is closely related to Farsi. The Iranian languages are distant relatives of English. About four million people speak Tajik in the republic of Tajikistan as well as in the bordering areas of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. This phrasebook contains useful phrases in everyday Tajik, covering a wide variety of situations.

A dictionary and phrasebook of Tajik, the national language of Tajikistan.

Located in Central Asia and bordered by China, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan, Tajikistan is rich with business opportunities and eager to attract Western companies. This phrasebook contains useful phrases in everyday Tajik covering a variety of situations.