Shina > LINGUIST List Language Search
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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