Kohistani Shina

Kohistani Shina
Kohistani Shina
Kohistani, Kohistyo, Palasi-Kohistani
ݜݨیاٗ کستِین٘و زبان / ݜݨیاٗ زبان
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Kohistan District, Pakistan
Native speakers	458,000 (2018)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Dardic Shinaic and jalkot Kohistani–Ushoji Shina.jalkutia Kohistani Shina; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Palas, jalkot suppat valley; Jalkoti; Kolai;
Writing system	Perso-Arabic script (Nastaliq)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	plk
Glottolog	kohi1248

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. Bateri and Kalkoti speakers speak Kohistani Shina as a second language. Indus Kohistani loanwords can be found in the language. A grammar and a dictionary of the language have been published.

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