Adurgari | |
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Created by | Shaikh Mohammadi tribe |
Setting and usage | trade |
Purpose |
secret cant
|
Sources | perhaps Kohistani |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
None (mis ) |
Glottolog | adur1234 |
Adurgari (ادرغارى) is a secret cant of the nomadic Shaikh Mohammadi tribe of peddlers of Afghanistan, used especially in the presence of outsiders. It is taught to children around age seven; all adults speak it in addition to Persian and Pashto. It is not a native language and contains a mixture of words, but resembles Kohistani of Pakistan.