Nangalami language

Nangalami, or Grangali, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Afghanistan. Zemiaki was formerly considered a Nangalami dialect, but has been reassessed and placed in the Nuristani language group being close to Waigali. Moreover, the pronouns are fundamentally different.

NativetoAfghanistan

Native speakers

(5,000, incl. Zemiaki cited 1994)^[1]

Language family

Indo-European

• Indo-Iranian
  • Indo-Aryan
    • Dardic
      • Kunar
        • Nangalami

Dialects

• Grangali
• Nangalami (Ningalami) †

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Nangalami
Ningalami, Grangali
Native to	Afghanistan
Native speakers	(5,000, incl. Zemiaki cited 1994)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Kunar Nangalami
Dialects	Grangali Nangalami (Ningalami) †
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nli
Glottolog	gran1245
ELP	Grangali
Ak is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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