Culture of Tajikistan
								The
								
								Yaghnobi people live in mountainous areas of 
								northern Tajikistan. The estimated number of 
								Yagnobians is now about 250,000. Forced 
								migrations have decimated their numbers. They 
								speak the
								
								Yaghnobi language, which has its roots in 
								the
								
								Sogdian language.