Nuristani people - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
نورِستانی | |
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Total population | |
c.100,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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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]
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[change | change source]- ↑ "Nuristani". Retrieved 24 Nov 2023.
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: Text "Britannica" ignored (help); Text "website" ignored (help) - ↑ "Nuristanis". Minority Rights Group. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2023-11-24.