The Nuristanis are an ethnic group native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. Their languages...
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The Nuristani languages, also known as Kafiri languages, are one of the three groups within the Indo-Iranian language family, alongside the much larger...
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Look up Nuristani in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nuristani may refer to: Nuristani languages, Indo-Iranian languages Nuristani people, speakers of...
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Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani is a former politician from Afghanistan. He served as governor of Herat province from January 2009 to August 2010. In September...
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Ethnic groups in Afghanistan (section Nuristani)
and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others. Altogether...
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Jamaluddin Khan Nuristani Mohammad Qassim Jangulbagh Col. Pacha Gul Nuristani Tamim Nuristani Nuristani Jamaluddin Bader Hafeez Nuristani Nuristani Abdul Hai...
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by Pashto 48%, Uzbek 11%, English 6%, Turkmen 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, and Balochi 1% (2020 est). Data represents the most widely-spoken...
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Abdul Qadir Nuristani (Persian: عبدالقادر نورستان) was an Afghan Minister of the Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan. Abdul Qadir had previously...
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Indo-Iranian languages (redirect from Indo-Nuristani languages)
the IA languages of the Indo-Gangetic plain. Although the Dardic and Nuristani (previously 'Kafiri') languages were formerly grouped together, Morgenstierne...
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Ramazan Nuristani (born 1932) was an Afghan field hockey player and a member of the national team. He played in two of Afghanistan's three field hockey...
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Ruki sound law (section Nuristani)
different behavior in Nuristani, conditioned by the following factors: The reflex of the Proto-Indo-European sequence *ḱs is Nuristani *ć (pronounced [t͡s])...
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Kalasha-ala (redirect from Nuristani Kalasha language)
merging. › Waigali (Kalaṣa-alâ), also known as Nuristani Kalasha, is a language spoken by about 10,000 Nuristani people of the Waigal Valley in the Nuristan...
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Mohammad Kadir Nuristani (born 1925) was an Afghan field hockey player who played for the national team. He represented Afghanistan at the 1948 Summer...
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Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, as well as smaller groups such as Baloch, Nuristani, Turkmen, Aimaq, Mongol and some others which are less known. Together...
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Mohammad Amin Nuristani (born 1928) is an Afghan field hockey player, who was a member of the Afghan national team. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympic...
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Mohammed Issa Nuristani (or Issa Khan Nuristan) was an army general and a community leader among the Safed Posh tribe in Nuristan, Afghanistan, who led...
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language shift to Khowar. Kalasha should not be confused with the nearby Nuristani language Waigali (Kalasha-ala). According to Badshah Munir Bukhari, a...
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Noor Ullah Nuristani (born 1932) was an Afghan field hockey player who played for the national team. Nuristani competed at the 1956 Summer Olympic Games...
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universally worshipped by all Nuristani as the Creator, the Hindu god Yama Raja, called imr'o or imra by the Nuristani tribes. "The Kalasha Valleys"....
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Jahan Gulam Nuristani (born 1925) is an Afghan former field hockey player. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games and the 1956 Summer Olympic Games...
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Mohammad Jahan Nuristani (born 1926) was an Afghan field hockey player and a member of the national team. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, playing...
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non-Muslim Kaffir (racial term), an ethnic slur used in South Africa The Nuristani people, an ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan Sri Lanka Kaffir people...
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the west. Kafiristan took its name from the enduring kafir (non-Muslim) Nuristani inhabitants who once followed a distinct form of ancient Hinduism mixed...
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Mohammad Tamim Nuristani (Pashto: محمد تمیم نورستاني) is a businessman and politician from Nuristan Province of Afghanistan. Mohammad Tamim was the previous...
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creoles Andaman Creole Hindi Bombay Hindi Haflong Hindi Nagamese Nefamese Vedda See also Indo-Iranian languages Nuristani languages Iranian languages...
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Kata people (category Nuristani tribes)
The Katir (also spelled Kati, Kator and Kata) are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Katir [ka 'tɘ] or Kata Kafir group was numerically...
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Din Mohammad Nuristani (born 1928) is an Afghan former field hockey player who was a member of the national field hockey team. He competed at the 1948...
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spoken by 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, and Balochi 1% (2021 est). Data represent the most widely...
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Ahmad Jahan Nuristani was an Afghan field hockey player who played for the national team. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games, playing in all...
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Askunu language (category Nuristani languages)
Titin, Kolatan and Bajagal valleys. It is classified as a member of the Nuristani sub-family of the Indo-Iranian languages. The name Ashkun comes from Âṣkuňu...
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