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Shina (also known as Tshina) is a Dardic language spoken by a plurality of the people in the Gilgit–Baltistan autonomous territory
of Pakistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, the town of Dras in Ladakh and Gurez a region of the Indian state of Jammu
and Kashmir. The valleys in which it is spoken include Astore, Chilas, Dareil, Tangeer, Gilgit, Ghizer, and a few parts of
Baltistan and Kohistan. It is also spoken in Gurez, Drass, Kargil, Karkit Badgam and Ladakh valleys. There were 321,00 speakers
of Gilgiti Shina as of 1981, and an estimated total of speakers of all dialects of 550,000. Dialects are Gilgiti (the main
dialect), Astori, Kohistani, and Chilasi. Related languages spoken by ethnic Shina are Brokskat (the Shina of Baltistan and
Ladakh), Domaaki, Kohistani Shina, Palula, Savi, and Ushojo. |
Names (more)[en] Kohistani Shina |
Language type : Living
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