Video Resources Online
Here are some videos that you might find fun and helpful for learning Tajik. A few are embedded for easy viewing, and the rest are linked so you can check them out.
Learning Tajik
Tajik Alphabet Song – Learn the letters of the Tajik alphabet with this kids' song.
Tajik Number Song – Learn the numbers from 1 to 20 with this kids' song.
Learning Tajik language - Letters – Words for each Tajik letter, with subtitles.
Learning Tajik with Achilovs – Check out their YouTube channel. They have loads of great videos.
Learning Tajik, for children
- Tajik Kids TV - YouTube channel with songs for children. Very easy to understand; can be used for language learning. Only 3 videos are on this channel.
Cartoons
Check out the YouTube channel Timeless Tajik Tales for some cute cartoons. Here are 2 of them.
Афсонаи "Бузаки Ҷингилапо" – The story of the curly-legged kid goat
Рӯбоҳ ва Ангур – The Fox and the Grapes
Here are some more Tajik cartoons, from other channels.
- Буд-набуд будгор буд - A 7 minute long Tajik cartoon about a mirror.
- The Hen - cartoon and Tajik folk song
- Боғбон ва дузд - The Gardener and the Thief, 2 minutes, very easy to understand, funny
Tajik films
- The Modern Bride - Аруси замонавӣ - city girl meets village boy
- The Modern Bride 2 - Аруси замонавӣ 2
- The Modern Groom - Домоди замонавӣ
- Jesus film
- Magdalena
- There are a lot more Tajik films on youtube. Check here for some more: Tamoshow
Films dubbed into Tajik
Tajik short videos
Animation Love Story of Malika and Rustan – 3-minute cartoon with English subtitles.
Two Little Girls – 3-minute anti-trafficking video translated into Tajik.
Prophets Story – Overview of the main prophets (7 minutes).
Current Events
- Video of the day - a news video from Ozodi.org. You can download videos from this site, which is helpful if you want to watch at a slower speed. You can also watch the videos on the Radio Ozodi YouTube channel
Movie clips translated into local dialects
Clips from Kung Fu Panda in colloquial Tajik.
5-minute clip of Madagascar in colloquial Tajik.
Comedy sketches - local dialects
The links for these short sketches break often as videos as channels are deleted on YouTube. To find comedy sketches go to YouTube and search for шакарханд or лаҳзаҳои гуворо (or just click on those quick links).
Other fun stuff
- Ну погоди - this cartoon series is Russian (and often wordless) but this one has been translated into Tajik.
- Short song clips - 8 minutes of short music clips from Disney cartoons with Tajik audio. Funny.
Samarkand Tajik
- Jesus film, Samarkand Tajik
- Magdalena, Samarkand Tajik
- The Story of Jesus for Children, Samarkand Tajik