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Name: Shina
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Sina; Shinaki; Brokpa; Dardu; Shiṇā
Spoken in: India, Pakistan
Number of speakers: 300,000 in Pakistan (1981 census), increasing. Population total all countries: 321,000 (Ethnologue)
Code: scl
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup: Shina; Sinā (shin)
Child Dialect Groups: Chilasi Kohistani; Chilāsī Shiṇā; Chilasi Shina; Diamer Shina (scl-chi) Astori; Astōrī; Astōrī Shiṇā; Astori Shina; Eastern Shina (scl-ast) Gilgiti; Gilgitī; Gilgitī Shiṇā; Gilgiti Shina; Northern Shina (scl-gil)
Child Dialects: Gurezi (scl-gzi) Drasi (scl-asi) Gurezi; Gurēzī Shiṇā; Gurezi Shina (scl-guz)

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