Shina

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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.
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Names (more)

[ar] شينا
[br] Chineg
[de] Shina
[en] Shina language
[fi] Šinan kieli
[fr] Shina
[hi] शीना भाषा
[no] Shina
[es] Idioma shina
[ta] சினா மொழி
[ur] شینا زبان

Language type : Living

Language resources for Shina

Open Languages Archives

Wiktionary - Category:Shina language [en]
Wiktionnaire - Catégorie:shina [fr]

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-3 : scl

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