Jump to content

Nuristani people

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nuristani people
نورِستانی
Nuristani girl
Total population
c.100,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Afghanistan Nuristan Province
Pakistan Chitral District
Languages
Nuristani
Dari, Urdu and Pashto also understood widely as second languages
Religion
Mostly Sunni Muslims
Related ethnic groups
Kalash people

Nuristanis (نورِستانی) are a group of ethnic groups living in the Hindu Kush areas of Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. They speak the Nuristani languages of the Indo-Iranian language family.[2]

[change | change source]

References

[change | change source]
  1. "Nuristani". Retrieved 24 Nov 2023. {{cite web}}: Text "Britannica" ignored (help); Text "website" ignored (help)
  2. "Nuristanis". Minority Rights Group. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2023-11-24.