Burusho people
The Burusho, or Brusho (Burushaski: بُرُشݸ, burúśu), also known as the Botraj, are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Yasin, Hunza, Nagar, and other valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan, with a tiny minority of around 350 Burusho people residing in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Their language, Burushaski, has been classified as a language isolate.
بُرُشݸ | |
|---|---|
A group of Burusho women in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan | |
| Total population | |
| 126,300 (2018) | |
| Languages | |
| Burushaski | |
| Religion | |
| Ismaili Shia and Shia Islam |
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