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%.[ Although Tregami villages are close in proximity, there is a slight difference between the dialects of Katar and Gambir.[2] The language has been influenced by the neighboring Indo-Aryan languages{{which|date=May 2015}} and by the Nuristani Kata-vari dialect.[3]]
Sociolinguistic situation
Tregami is an unwritten moribund language in the process of being replaced by Pashto, the predominant language of the region. Most Tregami are bilingual in Pashto, and the Tregami people don't have the resources to revive their language.
References
1. ^Iranica Online
2. ^[https://www.jstor.org/stable/599462]
3. ^http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nurestani-languages
Further reading
- {{cite web|first=Richard|last=Strand|title=The Trêgami|url=http://nuristan.info/Nuristani/Tregami/tregami.html|accessdate=2015-05-08}}
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