Nuristani people
Ethnic group native to the Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan
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Nuristanis (نورِستانی) are a group of ethnic groups living in the Hindu Kush areas of Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. They speak the Nuristani languages of the Indo-Iranian language family.[2]
نورِستانی | |
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Total population | |
c.100,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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Languages | |
Nuristani Dari, Urdu and Pashto also understood widely as second languages | |
Religion | |
Mostly Sunni Muslims | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kalash people |
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