So-called 'Tajiki' in China is actually Shugni or Wakhi. There are Tajiki-speaking Gypsy communities in Soviet central Asia. Braille code available. Bible portions 1981. Gorno-Badakhshan, Pamir Mts.
Dialects are inherently intelligible.
Not a written language. Tajiki is used as a literary language. Speakers are called 'Guhjali'. A high mountain valley of the Yagnob River. Used in daily family communication.