Kohistani Shina

E318536

Indo-Aryan language variety language variety

Kohistani Shina is a regional variety of the Shina language spoken primarily in parts of northern Pakistan, particularly in Kohistan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kohistani Shina canonical	7
Jalkoti Shina	1
Palasi variety of Shina	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ language variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Shina ⓘ surface form: Chilas Shina Gilgiti Shina ⓘ surface form: Shina of Gilgit
country	Pakistan ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Kohistani people ⓘ
hasAncestor	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ Shina language ⓘ
hasDialects	Jalkot variety ⓘ Kolai variety ⓘ Palas variety ⓘ
hasFeature	complex verb morphology ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ tonal contrasts ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasISOCode	none ⓘ
influencedBy	Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu neighboring Kohistani languages ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Astori Shina ⓘ Gilgiti Shina ⓘ Standard Shina ⓘ
languageBranch	Dardic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguage	Kohistani languages ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
partOf	Shina language ⓘ surface form: Shina dialect continuum
region	Hindu Kush ⓘ surface form: Hindu Kush region Indus Kohistani ⓘ surface form: Indus Kohistan
spokenIn	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ Kohistan District ⓘ Lower Kohistan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Upper Kohistan ⓘ northern Pakistan ⓘ
subclassOf	Dardic language variety ⓘ Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Shina language ⓘ
typologicalFeature	SOV word order ⓘ ergative alignment in past tenses ⓘ postpositions ⓘ
usedAs	vernacular language ⓘ
usesScriptVariant	Urdu alphabet ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shina → hasDialect → Kohistani Shina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jalkoti Shina

Northern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Kohistani Shina ⓘ

Kohistanis → usesLanguage → Kohistani Shina ⓘ

Kohistani languages → hasMember → Kohistani Shina ⓘ

Haramosh Shina → closelyRelatedTo → Kohistani Shina ⓘ

Astori Shina → hasDialectalRelation → Kohistani Shina ⓘ

Palasi Shina → hasAlternateName → Kohistani Shina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palasi variety of Shina

Gilgiti Shina → closelyRelatedTo → Kohistani Shina ⓘ