Yidgha language

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Yidgha
یدغا
Native to	Chitral District, Pakistan
Ethnicity	Yidgha
Native speakers	6,000 (2020)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Munji–Yidgha? Yidgha
Writing system	Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ydg
Glottolog	yidg1240
ELP	Yidgha
Linguasphere	58-ABD-bb

The Yidgha language (یدغا زڤون) is an Eastern Iranian language of the Pamir group spoken in the upper Lotkoh Valley (Tehsil Lotkoh) of Chitral in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Yidgha is similar to the Munji language spoken on the Afghan side of the border.

The Garam Chashma area became important during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan because the Soviets were unable to stop the flow of arms and men back and forth across the Dorah Pass that separates Chitral from Badakshan in Afghanistan. Almost the entire Munji-speaking population of Afghanistan fled across the border to Chitral during the War in Afghanistan.