- The
Nuristanis are an Indo-Iranian
ethnic group native to the
Nuristan Province (formerly Kafiristan) of
northeastern Afghanistan and
Chitral District...
- Today,
ethnic Nuristanis make up over 99% of the po****tion of Nuristan. The
Nuristani languages are
spoken by
about 78% of the
total Nuristani po****tion...
- The
Nuristanis are an Iranic-speaking people,
representing a
third independent branch of the
Aryan peoples (Indo-Aryan,
Iranian and
Nuristani), who...
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linked to
various ancient groups of
people and the Turk
Shahi kings. Some
Nuristanis claim being descendants of the Gr****
occupying forces of
Alexander the...
- Look up
Nuristani in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nuristani may
refer to:
Nuristani languages, Indo-Iranian
languages Nuristani people,
speakers of...
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languages are
divided into
three major branches: Indo-Aryan, Iranian, and
Nuristani languages. The
Badeshi language remains unclassified within the Indo-Iranian...
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adopted for the
Kalash people by the
Kalasha speakers of
Chitral from the
Nuristanis of Waygal, who for a time
expanded up to
southern Chitral several centuries...
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noted the
following about the pre-Islamic
Nuristani religion:
Before their conversion to Islâm the
Nuristânis practised a form of
ancient Hinduism, infused...
- "Kâmboǰâs and
Sakas in the Holly-Oak Mountains: On the
Origins of the
Nûristânîs." In Cacopardo,
Alberto M., and
Augusto S. Cacopardo, eds.,
Roots of Peristan:...
- by
Pashto 48%,
Uzbek 11%,
English 6%,
Turkmen 3%, Urdu 3%,
Pashayi 1%,
Nuristani 1%,
Arabic 1%, and
Balochi 1% (2020 est). Data
represents the most widely-spoken...
