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Bartangi is classified as belonging to the Pamir branch of the Eastern Iranian languages. Bartangi is sometimes classified as a dialect of Shughni, a related Indo-Iranian language that serves as a lingua franca in the Pamirs, and one variety closer to the Shughni area is reported to be close to it. Buddruss (1988) mentions two dialects that differ in minor details (Basidi and Siponji) and reports that speakers would consider Bartangi and Oroshor to be related languages of a single language group, rather than dialects of a single language.