Sarikoli language

The Sarikoli language (also Sariqoli, Selekur, Sarikul, Sariqul, Sariköli) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Southeastern Iranian languages spoken by the Pamiris in Xinjiang, China and Chitral, Pakistan. It is officially referred to as "the Tajik language" in China, although it is an Eastern Iranian language and thus different from Tajik spoken in Tajikistan, which is a variety of Persian, a Western Iranian language. The language is linguistically closely related to Shughni and Yazghulami.