Shina

E81878
Indo-Aryan language natural language

Shina is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and surrounding Himalayan areas.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Chilasi Shina 1
Drasi Shina 1
Guresi Shina 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Brokskat ⓘ
Khowar ⓘ
Kohistani languages ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
glottocode shin1264 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Shinaki ⓘ
Sina ⓘ
hasDialect Astore Valley ⓘ
surface form: Astore Valley Shina

Astori Shina ⓘ
Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chilasi Shina

Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Drasi Shina

Gilgiti Shina ⓘ
Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Guresi Shina

Haramosh Shina ⓘ
Kohistani Shina ⓘ
surface form: Jalkoti Shina

Kohistani Shina ⓘ
Palasi Shina ⓘ
Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tangiri Shina
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
case marking ⓘ
ergative alignment (split-ergative) ⓘ
gender distinctions ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
tonal contrasts in some dialects ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
ISO639-3Code scl ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
lexicalSimilarityWith other Dardic languages ⓘ
primaryRegion Gilgit ⓘ
surface form: Gilgit Valley

Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form: Indus Valley (upper)
region western Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Western Himalayas
spokenIn Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Afghanistan (border areas)

Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Chitral region

Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Himalayan region ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
surface form: India (northern areas)

Kargil district ⓘ
Kashmir Valley ⓘ
surface form: Kashmir region

Ladakh ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
subfamily Kohistani languages ⓘ
surface form: Dardic languages
usedAs regional lingua franca in Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Shina people ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Urdu-based script ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Khowar → closelyRelatedTo → Shina ⓘ
Shina → hasDialect → Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guresi Shina
Shina → hasDialect → Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drasi Shina
Shina → hasDialect → Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chilasi Shina
Shina → hasDialect → Shina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tangiri Shina
this entity surface form: Shina (in some classifications)