Nuristani people

E44778

ethnic group indigenous people

The Nuristani people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Hindu Kush region, primarily in Afghanistan, known for their distinct Indo-Iranian languages, pre-Islamic cultural heritage, and historical isolation in mountainous valleys.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Nuristani people canonical	13
Nuristani peoples	12
Nuristanis	8
Nuristani	5
Ashkun-speaking Nuristanis	1
Nuristani communities	1
ethnic Nuristanis	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
borderRegionWith	Chitral District ⓘ surface form: Chitral region of Pakistan
conversionBy	Abdur Rahman Khan ⓘ
conversionToIslam	late 19th century ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Afghanistan ⓘ
culturalArea	Kohistan ranges ⓘ surface form: eastern Hindu Kush highlands
ethnonym	Nuristani people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nuristani
geographicFeature	mountain valleys ⓘ
hasCapitalRegion	Parun (Nuristan Province) ⓘ
historicalName	Kafirs of Kafiristan ⓘ
historicalRegion	Nuristan Province ⓘ surface form: Kafiristan
historicalReligion	Indo-Iranian paganism ⓘ animism ⓘ polytheism ⓘ
knownFor	distinct languages ⓘ historical isolation ⓘ pre-Islamic cultural elements ⓘ
language	Ashkun ⓘ Kamkata-vari ⓘ Prasuni ⓘ Tregami ⓘ Waigali ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily	Nuristani languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Hindu Kush ⓘ surface form: eastern Hindu Kush
meaningOfName	Land of Light ⓘ
minorityIn	Pakistan ⓘ
nameChange	Nuristan Province ⓘ surface form: Kafiristan renamed Nuristan
nameChangeDate	1890s ⓘ
nativeName	نورستانیان ⓘ
partOf	ethnic groups of Afghanistan ⓘ
populationCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ
primaryRegion	Badakhshan ⓘ surface form: Badakhshan Province Kunar Province ⓘ Laghman Province ⓘ Nuristan Province ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Dardic peoples ⓘ Pashtuns ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalHousing	terraced wooden houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ forestry ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure	clan-based organization ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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

Nuristani languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

Nuristani people → ethnonym → Nuristani people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani

Afghan American → ethnicSubgroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani

Nuristan Province → ethnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis

Afghan → ethnicGroupIncludes → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani

Indo-Iranian peoples → hasPart → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Waigali → spokenBy → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: ethnic Nuristanis

Kafirs of Kafiristan → afterConversionKnownAs → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis

Parun (Nuristan Province) → inhabitants → Nuristani people ⓘ

Parun (Nuristan Province) → ethnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

Parun Valley → populationEthnicity → Nuristani people ⓘ

Kati language → ethnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

Prasun → partOf → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Prasun → relatedEthnicGroups → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Prasun people → relatedEthnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

Prasun people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Prasun people → partOf → Nuristani people ⓘ

Vasi people → ethnicity → Nuristani people ⓘ

Vasi people → ethnoLinguisticGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Bashgal Valley → inhabitedBy → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis

Kamdesh area → inhabitedBy → Nuristani people ⓘ

Kamdesh area → traditionalInhabitants → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani communities

Kamdesh area → ethnolinguisticRegionOf → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Kamdesh area → hasEthnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

Bashgal dialect → spokenBy → Nuristani people ⓘ

Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language → ethnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

Kamkata-vari group → subgroupOf → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Kamkata-vari group → ethnicity → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani

Tregami people → relatedEthnicity → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Kati → partOf → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Kunar Province → hasEthnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis

Laghman Province → hasEthnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis

Asadabad → ethnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis

Wama dialect → spokenBy → Nuristani people ⓘ

Peche Valley → primaryHomelandOf → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ashkun-speaking Nuristanis

Peche Valley → inhabitedBy → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Peche Valley → hasEthnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis

Ashkun people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Wama Valley → hasEthnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples

Kamviri people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristani

Pashai → neighboringEthnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristanis