Things to Read
Please note that some of these links may only be accessible when browsing from within Tajikistan.
Tajik Websites
- Wikipedia - articles in Tajik
- Осорхонаи Миллии Тоҷикистон - National Museum of Tajikistan
- Latifa - some jokes in Tajik.
Tajikistan News sites
Texts for Tajik Language Learning
- Tajik Persian: Readings in History, Culture and Society - textbook to help Tajik language learners to develop reading fluency, by Razi Ahmad. Book can be downloaded as a PDF
Tajik School Textbooks
Some books on these sites are the same.-
Library 2030: This is the
Department of Education site for library books. There
are textbooks in all subjects. To find stories, apply the filters
интихоби забон: тоҷикӣ and мавзӯҳо: афсона. Here are a few.
- Бузаки Ҷингилапо (PDF). The curly-footed Kid Goat.
- Моҳича ва Қурбоққа (PDF). The little Fish and the Frog. This one is in Tajik and English.
- Зоғак ва Ғозак, (PDF). The little Crow and the little Goose.
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Library of Tajik textbooks: From this
website you can download textbooks from grades 1 to 11
in all subjects.
- Intermediate learners - try grade 2 Санъат ва меҳнат (PDF) or Математика (PDF).
- Advanced learners - how about grade 6 География (PDF) or grade 9 Биология (PDF)?
- Tajik textbooks: This is the new site for the public library, and you can also download textbooks from here.
Tajik books
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Over 30 Tajik books
that have been translated from English into Tajik. Examples include:
- More than a Carpenter (PDF), by Josh McDowell
- Star of Light (PDF), by Patricia St. John, comic book
- Tajik fiction from the public library. Tajik works of fiction that can be downloaded as PDFs.
- Tajik Bible to read or listen online.
- Electronic Bible Publications has links to ebooks and apps.
- Аввалин Калимаҳои Китоби Муқаддаси Ман, My first Bible words. Short descriptions of words like ҳақиқат (truth), таърих (history), муҳаббат (love), and гуноҳ (sin).
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Tajik library - a website with a collection of Tajik books that can be downloaded as PDFs. For example:
- Ёддоштҳо, Memories, by Sadriddin Ayni. This is a collection of stories about the life of the author and his family.
- Яке буд, яке набуд (афсонаҳо), A collection of Tajik fairy tales.
- Ҳамадон Бош!, Be Knowledgeable! The Big Book of Questions and Answers. Like a kid's first encyclopedia.