Yazgulami is an Iranian language, and a member of the Pamir subgroup. It is spoken in Tajikistan along the Yazgulyam River by around 4,000 people. The language’s name is derived from the name of the river. There are around 11 villages that speak Yazgulami. Regions in higher elevations tend to speak one dialect of the language while lower elevations speak another. The Vandzh language, which is now extinct, was a close relative of Yazgulami. Other Pamir languages are much different from these two, especially because of the seclusion of the Yazgulyam River Valley, which hosted both of these languages. In 1954, 20% of the Yazgulami was forcibly relocated to a new region in an attempt to improve the living conditions of the people. Since then, many of the speakers of the language have been exposed to more widely spoken languages, and younger generations have begun to transition to those as main languages.