Tirahi
PrintA language of Afghanistan
ISO 639-3
Population
100. Ethnic population: Possibly 5,000.
Location
Southeast of Jalalabad, west of Khyber Pass, Nangarhar village.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Dialects
Most closely related to Kohistani languages of Pakistan.
Language Use
Most shifted to Southern Pashto [pbt]. Older adults.
Writing
Unwritten.
It is very likely that this language is extinct. The Tirahi are “a group of unclear origin, almost completely assimilated by Pashtun” (Pstrusinska 1990). Muslim.