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Tregami language
| Tregami | |
|---|---|
| Gambiri | |
| Native to | Afghanistan |
| Region | Nuristan Province, Kunar Province |
Native speakers | 3,500 (2011)[1] |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | trm |
| Glottolog | treg1243 |
| ELP | Tregami |
 Tregami is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Tregami (Trigami), or Katar Gambiri, is a language spoken in the villages of Gambir, Kaṭâr, and Devoz in the Tregâm Valley off the lower Pech River[2] in the Watapur District of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. The area is in the Hindu Kush along the border with Pakistan. Tregami belongs to the Nuristani group of the Indo-Iranian language family. It is spoken by approximately 3,500 people (2011). Most individuals speak Pashto in addition to Tregami.[1]
Tregami is a close relative of Waigali, spoken in Ghaziabad District to the east, with which it has a lexical similarity of 75% to 80%.[1] Although Tregami villages are close in proximity, there is a slight difference between the dialects of Katar and Gambir.[3] The language has been influenced by the neighboring Indo-Aryan languages[which?] and by the Nuristani Kata-vari dialect.[4]
- ^ a b c Tregami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Iranica Online
- ^ Strand, Richard F. (1973). "Notes on the Nūristāni and Dardic Languages". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 93 (3): 297–305. doi:10.2307/599462. JSTOR 599462.
- ^ "Encyclopædia Iranica | Articles". www.iranicaonline.org. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29.
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