Sanglechi language

{{Short description|Iranian language of Afghanistan and Tajikistan}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Sanglechi

| nativename = {{lang|sgy|Dargi}}

| states = Afghanistan, Tajikistan{{cn|date=December 2022}}

| speakers = 2,200

| date = 2009

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Iranian

| fam4 = Eastern

| fam5 = Sanglechi–Ishkashimi

| script = None

| iso3 = sgy

| glotto = sang1344

| glottorefname = Sanglechi

| lingua = 58-ABD-db

| map2 = Lang Status 40-SE.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Sanglechi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Sanglechi is a Pamiri language spoken in villages in the Zebak District of Afghanistan: Dashte Rubat, Esketul, Faruq, Flaxmadek, Sar-Sanglech, and Takya. It is also spoken in Tajikistan, where it is called Sanglich.{{cn|date=December 2022}} The name comes from the Sanglech valley in which many of the people live. The language is closely related to the Munjani and Pashto languages of Afghanistan.

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