The Handbook of Language ContactArchived 2014-09-22 at the वेबैक मशीन, Raymond Hickey, John Wiley and Sons, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4051-7580-7, ... Certain shared features are due to Turkic influence on pre-Tajik eastern Persian varieties. An increasing Uzbek influence on Tajik may be observed. Northern Tajik has even been described, albeit inadequately, as a Turkic language 'in statu nascendi' ...
The Handbook of Language ContactArchived 2014-09-22 at the वेबैक मशीन, Raymond Hickey, John Wiley and Sons, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4051-7580-7, ... Certain shared features are due to Turkic influence on pre-Tajik eastern Persian varieties. An increasing Uzbek influence on Tajik may be observed. Northern Tajik has even been described, albeit inadequately, as a Turkic language 'in statu nascendi' ...