Kohistani Shina
Indo-Aryan language of northern Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kohistani Shina is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the former Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. According to Ethnologue, Kohistani Shina is mutually intelligible with the Shina variety of Chilas, but not with the standard dialect of Gilgit.[1] Bateri and Kalkoti speakers speak Kohistani Shina as a second language.[3] Indus Kohistani loanwords can be found in the language.[citation needed] A grammar and a dictionary of the language have been published.[4][5][6]
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Kohistani Shina | |
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Kohistani, Kohistyo, Palasi-Kohistani | |
ݜݨیاٗ کستِین٘و زبان / ݜݨیاٗ زبان | |
Native to | Pakistan |
Region | Kohistan District, Pakistan |
Native speakers | 458,000 (2018)[1] |
Dialects | |
Perso-Arabic script (Nastaliq) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | plk |
Glottolog | kohi1248 |
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