Tajik: writing

01Scripts

• ISO 15924 Cyrl · Left to right

  а б в гTajik Cyrillic alphabet

  Cyrillic with ғ ӣ қ ӯ ҳ ҷ for Tajik sounds.

02Alphabet chart: Tajik Cyrillic alphabet

Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for tg.

• Cyrillic with ғ ӣ қ ӯ ҳ ҷ for Tajik sounds.

Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

03Numerals

04Orthography and standards

No official orthography body is recorded for Tajik yet.

Sources ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. (2025) To verify; ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified

05Keyboards and typing

Windows

Settings, Time and language, Language and region: add the language, then its keyboard. Switch with Windows key and Space.

macOS

System Settings, Keyboard, Text Input: edit Input Sources and add the keyboard. Switch from the menu bar.

Android

In the keyboard app’s settings (Gboard: Languages), add the language and choose its layout.

iPhone and iPad

Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards: add the keyboard. Switch with the globe key.

Linux

In the desktop settings (GNOME: Keyboard, Input Sources), add the layout.

Which layouts each system ships for each language changes with every release. Check the list on your device; layouts we have confirmed are named on the language’s page.

06Fonts

On this platform the language is shown with IBM Plex Sans. Every face is self-hosted under an open licence.

07Sources

1. Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. 2026

   Verified Unicode License v3 Exemplar characters and default numbering systems, read 2026-10-23.

2. The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. 2026

   Verified Unicode License v3 Character names, code points and block ranges.

3. ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. 2025

   Verified

4. ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. 2025

   To verify Codes cross-checked through Glottolog records; the code tables themselves were not read.

08Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

1. Tajik-Wakhi language contact

   Jaroslava Obrtelová · 2022 · Orientalia Suecana

   ArticleCrossrefDOAJOpenAIREOpen access

2. HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TAJIK LANGUAGE

   R.N. Ibragimova · 2026 · ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ НАУЧНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ

   OtherZenodoOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

3. 5 Tajik Sign Language in context

   Justin M. Power · 2023 · Tajik Linguistics

   ChapterCrossrefOpenAIRE

4. ABOUT ALISHER NAVOI’S WORK "DEVONI FONIY" IN PERSIAN-TAJIK LANGUAGE

   Mamlakat Dexkanova · 2025 · Zenodo

   ArticleDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

5. Character-Level Transformer for Tajik-Persian Transliteration with a Parallel Lexical Corpus

   Mullosharaf K. Arabov · 2026 · arXiv

   PreprintarXivOpen access

6. TOPIC: INTERPRETATION OF LEXICAL UNITS BORROWED INTO THE UZBEK LANGUAGE FROM THE PERSIAN-TAJIK LANGUAGE

   Nabiyeva Lazizabegim · 2026 · Zenodo

   ArticleDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

7. Benchmarking POS Tagging for the Tajik Language: A Comparative Study of Neural Architectures on the TajPersParallel Corpus

   Mullosharaf K. Arabov · 2026 · arXiv

   PreprintarXivOpen access

8. Teaching the Uzbekistan Language in A Tajik-Uzbekistan Bilingual Environment

   Khojiyeva Iroda Zokirjon qizi · 2025 · International Journal Of Literature And Languages

   ArticleOpenAIRE

9. The functional analysis of interrogative structures in Persian and Tajik languages

   Hengameh Vaezi, Kholov Saidmuhiddin Saidmurodovich · 2015 · Ученые записки Худжандского государственного университета им. академика Б. Гафурова. Гуманитарные науки

   ArticleOpenAlex

10. Tajik Language

    National Cancer Institute · 2020 · Definitions

    OtherCrossref

11. Persian and Tajik

    2013 · The Iranian Languages

    ChapterCrossref

12. Tajik Persian: Readings in History, Culture and Society

    Razi Ahmad · 2016 · University of Kansas Libraries

    BookCrossref

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