Bartangi language

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Bartangi
Native to Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Native speakers 3,000  (1990)
Language family
Writing system None
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Linguist List sgh-bar

The Bartangi language is a Pamir language spoke along the Bartang River from Yemtz to Nikbist. It is typically classified as a dialect of Shughni, but is quite distinct.

References [edit]

  • Zarubin, I.I.. Bartangskie i rushanskie teksty i slovar. Moskva : Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1937.
  • Payne, John R. 1989. Pamir Languages. Rüdiger Schmitt (ed.). Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert. 417-44.
  • Sokolova, Valentina S. 1960. Bartangskie teksty i slovar'. Izdat. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Moskva.