Nuristani people

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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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Nuristani 3
Nuristani peoples 1
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 ⓘ

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

Nuristan Province → ethnicGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuristanis
Afghan → ethnicGroupIncludes → Nuristani people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuristani
Afghan American → ethnicSubgroup → Nuristani people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuristani
Nuristani languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nuristani people ⓘ
Nuristani people → ethnonym → Nuristani people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuristani
Indo-Iranian peoples → hasPart → Nuristani people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuristani peoples