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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Shina canonical	36
Drasi Shina	2
Guresi Shina	2
Chilas Shina	1
Chilasi Shina	1
Shina (in some classifications)	1
Tangiri 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 (44)

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

Azad Jammu and Kashmir → hasMinorityLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Gilgit-Baltistan → spokenLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Hunza Valley → primaryLanguages → 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

Gilgit River → hasLanguageInRegion → Shina ⓘ

Astore Valley → languageSpoken → Shina ⓘ

Burushaski → neighboringLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Burushaski → hasLoanwordsFrom → Shina ⓘ

Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Shina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shina (in some classifications)

Gilgit → commonlySpokenLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Khowar → closelyRelatedTo → Shina ⓘ

Ghizer Valley → languageSpoken → Shina ⓘ

Northern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Kohistani languages → closelyRelatedTo → Shina ⓘ

Hunza–Nagar District → languageSpoken → Shina ⓘ

Babusar Pass → languageSpokenInArea → Shina ⓘ

Kargil district → hasSpokenLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Astori Shina → hasDialectalRelation → Shina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guresi Shina

Astori Shina → hasDialectalRelation → Shina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drasi Shina

Kohistani Shina → closelyRelatedTo → Shina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chilas Shina

Shinaki → hasAutonym → Shina ⓘ

Aliabad → localLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Purgi → neighboringLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Purgi → hasContactWith → Shina ⓘ

Juglot → hasLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Nagar Valley → hasLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Hunza dialect → usedAlongside → Shina ⓘ

Hunza dialect → languageContactWith → Shina ⓘ

Astore (town) → primaryLanguageSpoken → Shina ⓘ

Gorikot → languageUsed → Shina ⓘ

Chongra → hasCommonLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Astore District → primaryLanguageSpoken → Shina ⓘ

Phander Valley → languageSpoken → Shina ⓘ

Ghizer District → hasEthnicGroup → Shina ⓘ

Ghizer District → hasLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Attabad → languageSpoken → Shina ⓘ

Gilgit Municipal Corporation → operatesInLanguage → Shina ⓘ

GB → hasLocalLanguages → Shina ⓘ

Chitrari → closelyRelatedTo → Shina ⓘ

Hunza → hasLanguage → Shina ⓘ

Fairy Meadows → languageSpoken → Shina ⓘ