Kohistani Shina is an
Indo-Aryan language
The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. As of the early 21st century, they have more than 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated in India, Pa ...
spoken in the former
Kohistan District of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
, 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
Indus Kohistani (, Kōstaiñ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the former Kohistan District of Pakistan. The language was referred to as Maiyã (Mayon) or Shuthun by early researchers, but subsequent observations have not verified that these ...
loanwords can be found in the language. A grammar and a dictionary of the language have been published.
Alphabet
Here is the alphabet for Kohistani Shina compiled by Razwal Kohistani in 2020.
References
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Kohistan District, Pakistan
Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa