Video Resources Online
Videos found online that have been helpful for learners of Tajik.
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 – Learn words for each Tajik letter. These videos are in Tajik, but with subtitles, so are good for beginners learning letters, and for more advanced learners for listening practice.
- Learning Tajik with Achilovs – a series of Tajik language videos produced by two brothers. They are no longer making new videos, but the ones that the have are worth checking out.
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.
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: Tamoshow
Films dubbed into Tajik
Tajik short videos
- Animation Love Story of Malika and Rustan – A 3 minute cartoon with English subtitles.
- Videos from muhabbatin website – a series of 1 to 3 minute videos about the rights of women, marriage, divorce, alimony etc.
- Two Little Girls – 3 minute video about human trafficking translated into Tajik
- Prophets Story – An overview of the main prophets. (7 minutes long)
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
- Some 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).
Tajik cartoons
- 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
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.