This is the first comprehensive reference grammar of Tajik the Persian ofCentral Asia to appear in English. It describes the modern literary languagewith exampl... » 

This is the first comprehensive reference grammar of Tajik the Persian ofCentral Asia to appear in English. It describes the modern literary languagewith examples of colloquial and dialect usage from the early Soviet period1920s up until Tajikistans independence after 2001. Grammatical examplestaken from a variety of literary sources are given in both the Cyrillic andPersoArabic scripts. Complete verb paradigms a grammatical index andparallel wordindexes in both writing systems make it easy to find particularpoints.Essential for the Iranologist and comparative linguist for the the student orteacher of Tajik Persian and a valuable supplement for those who work withPersian of Iran or Afghanistan. With extensive indexes. «