Did Mongol invasion changed the genetic structure of Central Asia?

[LoLeL]

Khwarezm was Iranic, situated in Northern Uzbekistan / Southern Kazakhstan, most of upper Kazakhstan was inhabited by nomadic Turkic tribes

Then how Tajikistan survived?

[Pahli]

Then how Tajikistan survived?

Mountains saved them, especially Pamiri Tajiks that still have like 50 - 60% Steppe barely mixed with Turkic tribes compared to Tajiks that have some Turkic admixture, which explains why they have ~10% Mong.

[LoLeL]

Mountains saved them, especially Pamiri Tajiks that still have like 50 - 60% Steppe barely mixed with Turkic tribes compared to Tajiks that have some Turkic admixture, which explains why they have ~10% Mong.

Mountains may saved the villagers but not all people. The existence of those Mongoloid-looking Tajiks and interethnic mixing confirm that Tajiks and Mongols were good friends.

[Pahli]

Mountains may saved the villagers but not all people. The existence of those Mongoloid-looking Tajiks and interethnic mixing confirm that Tajiks and Mongols were good friends.

The Mongols didn't care, they razed the major Persian speaking cities of Central Asia and pushed Iranian people into the East and South, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, however Sarmarkand and Bukhara still retains an Iranian majority, however its denied by the Uzbek government in order to assimilate the population.

[LoLeL]

The Mongols didn't care, they razed the major Persian speaking cities of Central Asia and pushed Iranian people into the East and South, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, however Sarmarkand and Bukhara still retains an Iranian majority, however its denied by the Uzbek government in order to assimilate the population.

Not really. Mongols only slaughtered and destroyed people and cities who resisted against them. They didn't harm the rest.

[Pahli]

Not really. Mongols only slaughtered and destroyed people and cities who resisted against them. They didn't harm the rest.

And those cities accounted for the majority of the Iranian population in Central Asia, they were heavily urbanized in those days, so you can put 2 and 2 together.

[LoLeL]

And those cities accounted for the majority of the Iranian population in Central Asia, they were heavily urbanized in those days, so you can put 2 and 2 together.

I think their biggest impact was in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

[Pahli]

I think their biggest impact was in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

There's mongol admixture among Kyrgyz and Kazakhs, but the Mongol impact on Central Asia was huge, as it shifted from Iranic to Turkic, most of Kyrgyzistan and Kazakhstan remained Turkic after the Mongols.

[Kamal900]

There's mongol admixture among Kyrgyz and Kazakhs, but the Mongol impact on Central Asia was huge, as it shifted from Iranic to Turkic, most of Kyrgyzistan and Kazakhstan remained Turkic after the Mongols.

Which is sad really. I would really have wanted to listen on how Khawarazmian sounded like.

[Pahli]

Which is sad really. I would really have wanted to listen on how Khawarazmian sounded like.

Its most likely a more archaic version of current Eastern Iranian languages in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, something between Avestan and modern Pashto / Pamiri perhaps