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Sanglechi language

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Native speakers
  
2,200 (2009)

Writing system
  
None

Native to
  
Afghanistan, Tajikistan

Language family
  
Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Sanglechi–Ishkashimi Sanglechi

ISO 639-3
  
sgy – inclusive code Individual code: wrd – Warduji (duplicate code)

Glottolog
  
sang1317  (Sanglechi) sang1318  (Sanglich) zeba1237  (Zebak)

Sanglechi is an Iranian language spoken in two villages in the Zebak District of Afghanistan. It is also spoken in Tajikistan, where it is called Sanglich. The name comes from the Sanglech valley in which many of the people live; the name Warduji, after the Werdoge Valley is also used.

References

Sanglechi language Wikipedia