Sanglechi is a Pamiri language spoken in villages in the

Zebak District Zebak () is one of the 29 districts of Afghanistan, districts of Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan. It is home to an estimated 8,749 residents, most living in Zebak, Afghanistan, Zebak, the district's Capital (political), capital. Is ...

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: Dashte Rubat, Esketul, Faruq, Flaxmadek, Sar-Sanglech, and Takya. It is also spoken in

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

, where it is called Sanglich. The name comes from the Sanglech valley in which many of the people live. The language is closely related to the Munjani and

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

languages of Afghanistan.

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Pamir languages Pamir languages of Afghanistan Languages of Tajikistan Eastern Iranian languages Endangered Iranian languages Endangered languages of Asia Endangered languages of Tajikistan {{ie-lang-stub