The Mugat language, casually spoken | Akmal and his children speaking Mugat | Wikitongues

The Mugat language is spoken by as many as 17,000 people, primarily in the Central Asian nations of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is likely a distinct variety of Tajik, although further study is needed.
This video was recorded by Nicholas Biniaz-Harris in Uzbekistan and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. To download a copy, please contact [e-mail].

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[@Maazin5]

Really happy to hear kids here. They have such a unique way of talking that's so different from the way adults speak.

[@willie_brydon]

this is so interesting! when they're introducing themselves they're using Uzbek vocabulary and grammar (you can recognize the "man" at the start and end of their sentences which can be done in Uzbek but not Persian/Tajik) and they're using mainly Uzbek words for the numbers when stating their age, but at the same time they're using Tajik verbs and conjugation for other sentences (like mekhonam when the kids talk about what they're studying). I can understand a bit of it as a (non-native) speaker of Persian with some knowledge of Uzbek but I've never heard a language that combines Turkic and Tajik to such a degree, thanks very much for this upload!

[@TheAwesomeGingerGuy]

the “man” pronoun and “-(a)m” suffix are both Persian/Tajik, but they happen to exist in Turkic languages too (although often with vowel harmony). Grammatical borrowing is very rare, so I would say this is probably 95% likely to be Persian/Tajik feature, mot Turkic/Uzbek.

[@radusulesterna3656]

I heard the third kid saying „MAKTAPDA MEXONAM” instead of standard farsi „dar maktab mexonam”, which seems pretty widespread in Uzbekistani varietes of Farsi. Im like the OP here, a non native speaker of Farsi with some knowledge of Turkic languages.

[@ansnshshbsbsh9113]

@@radusulesterna3656 in Northern Kurdish : Di Mektebê de dixwênim. * di...de : in,at * Xwendin : to read , dixwênim : I am reading / I read in Zaza language : Mekteb de wanena

[@radusulesterna3656]

I got your point but since I encountered form like Xudoba qasam! Instead of: Ba xudo qasam! Just like: Maktabda Instead of: Dar maktab I sincerily think it is a Turkic influence among various Central Asian Iranian groups. Cheers

[@gc2877]

As I commented on the video, this is just how they speak in Uzbekistan with Tajik and Uzbek mixed. In Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran we have the proper Mugat language that is completely different

[@PasserEminibey]

thank you for sharing this

[@Wikitongues]

Thank you for being here!

[@whuge]

Kids are cute

[@MrPillowStudios]

Lovely.

[@gecko7167]

wow as a Dari speaker i understand a lot of this omg

[@ter8330]

wow!

[@ericn.5263]

Do Interlingua next, it's an artificial language similar to Esperanto.

[@takehase9896]

Stunningly handsome kids!

[@johnny4560]

yikes

[@dr.koyuncu4698]

They are Turanic people..

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

ромолос

[@Zbornie]

The numbers are definitely Turkic (which is preserved through out all the sub-languages from Uyghur on the East to Turkish on the West).

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

They are using Turkic numerals :-)

[@mxozdemirx2113]

Asimile olmuşlar her türk ülkesinde olduğu gibi :))

[@redwatch1100]

So what are they saying?

[@mugatfoundation]

Kids are saying their name, age, what grade in school and their hobbies like football or boxing etc. The father is saying his name and that they are all his kids

[@bigsarge2085]

🤜🤛

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

думаю хорошо електроника делать

[@rais.online]

Very cool! I've never heard about this language, even though I'm also a Turkic language speakertoo! So, it's a mix of Turkic and Persian, isn't it?

[@nicholasbiniaz-harris398]

The base language is Tajik and there is a lot of Uzbek vocabulary mixed in. Probably could be considered a very divergent dialect of Tajik.

[@rais.online]

@@nicholasbiniaz-harris398 Thanks for the explanation! It’s fascinating to learn about all of these languages!

[@MyNameABoratSagdiyev]

GIVE ME YOUR TEARS, UZBEKI GYPSY.