Tregami language

Tregami
Native toAfghanistan
RegionNuristan Province, Kunar Province
Native speakers
3,500 (2011)[1]
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3trm
Glottologtreg1243
ELPTregami

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]

  1. ^ a b c Tregami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Iranica Online
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Encyclopædia Iranica | Articles". www.iranicaonline.org. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29.