IRANIAN LANGUAGES

BARTANGI LANGUAGE

The Bartangi language belongs to the Shughni-Roshani or northern subgroup of the Pamir languages in the Eastern-Iranian languages group of Indo-European languages. 

It differs from the other Pamir languages, especially from Khufi and Shughni. There are two dialects: Basid and Sipandzh (Sipondzh). The former is mainly spoken in the village of Basid, the latter in Sipandzh (Sipondzh) and in Ravmid. There are phonetic differences between them. 

The Basid dialect is similar to the Oroshori language, the Sipandzh dialect to Roshani. The influence of Roshani is especially strong among the people in the village of Ravmid.

The language, spoken by the people in Khufi and Badzhu, has features in common with the neighbouring Shughni.