Shumashti language
| Shumashti | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native to | Afghanistan |
| Region | Kunar Province |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1994)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sts |
| Glottolog | shum1235 |
| ELP | Shumashti |
Shumashti– also known asShumasht– is anIndo-Aryan languagespoken in eastern Afghanistan. It is spoken in parts ofKunar Province:on the western side of theKunar ValleybetweenJalalabadand thePech Valley.The number of speakers was estimated at 1,000 in 1994.[2]
It has been influenced by theNortheast Pashailanguages, and it is related to theGrangali language,with which it shares about a third of its basic vocabulary, and toGawar-Bati,with which it has about half of its basic lexis in common.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ShumashtiatEthnologue(25th ed., 2022)
- ^abShumashti languageatEthnologue(19th ed., 2016)
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