Shumashti – also known as Shumasht – 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 2024, there are more than 1.5 billion speakers, primarily concentrated east of the Indus river in Ba ...
spoken in eastern Afghanistan. It is spoken in parts of
Kunar Province
Kunar (Pashto: ; Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224. Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- ...
: on the western side of the
Kunar Valley
Kunar Valley is a valley in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a popul ...
between
Jalalabad
Jalalabad (; Help:IPA/Persian, ͡ʒä.lɑː.lɑː.bɑːd̪ is the list of cities in Afghanistan, fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 200,331, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part ...
and the
Pech Valley. The number of speakers was estimated at 1,000 in 1994.
It has been influenced by the
Northeast Pashai languages, and it is related to the
Grangali language, with which it shares about a third of its basic vocabulary, and to
Gawar-Bati, with which it has about half of its basic lexis in common.
[
]
References
Dardic languages
Languages of Afghanistan
{{IndoAryan-lang-stub