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Burusho people
بُرُشݸ‎
A group of Burusho women in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan
Total population
300,000 (2023)[1]
Languages
Burushaski[2]
Religion
Mostly Ismaili Shia

The Burusho, or Brusho (Burushaski: بُرُشݸ‎, burúśu[3]) are an ethnic group native to the Yasin, Hunza, Nagar, and other valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan.[4][5] Their language, Burushaski, has been classified as a language isolate, it means it is unrelated to any other language in the world.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Burushaski script in Roman, Perso-Arabic characters okayed". DAWN. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "TAC Research The Burusho". Tribal Analysis Center. 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Hunzai, A. N. N., Burushaski Research Academy, & University of Karachi. (2006). Burushaski Urdu Dictionary - Volume 1 / بروشسکی اردو لغت - جلد اول (الف تا څ). Bureau of Composition, Compilation & Translation, University of Karachi. ISBN 969-404-66-0 Archive.org
  4. ↑ "Jammu and Kashmir Burushaski : Language, Language Contact, and Change" (PDF). Repositories.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
  6. ↑ "Burushaski language". Encyclopædia Britannica online.
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