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Shumashti – also known as Shumasht – is a language spoken in parts of western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Dardic group of the Indo-Iranian branch. It was spoken by an estimated 1,000 people in 1994 on the western side Kunar River 60 miles up from Gawar-Bati. Literacy rates are low: below 1% (less than 10) for people who have it as a first language, and between 15% to 25% (between 150 and 250) for people who have it as a second language. It has a lexical similarity of 63% with Nangalami and 47% with Gawar-Bati. It has been heavily influenced by Pashayi.
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Names (more)

[en] Shumashti language
[fi] Šumaštin kieli
[ru] Шумашти
[th] ภาษาสุมัสติ

Language type : Living

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ISO 639-3 : sts

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