Nuristani people
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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 | |
|---|---|
 Nuristani girl | |
| Total population | |
| c.100,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nuristan Province Chitral District | |
| Languages | |
| Nuristani Dari, Urdu and Pashto also understood widely as second languages | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Sunni Muslims | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kalash people |
Nuristani People Media
Kautiak villagers in Nuristan province with U.S. Navy commander (right)
Kareik, the last Kati singing priest (deblole)
Kati sacrificing goat to the God Imra
Kati Hymn: Ut'äya de'bulā̃ 'ye! Tu pycüř sun mol O Priestess, (to-) the-dance come! Your on head golden garland is!
Timur’s troops lowered from the mountainside to attack the Siyah-pushan in 1398, Tarikh-i Khandan-i Timuriyya
Group of Kafir men, women and children between 1894 and 1896
- AfghanistanNurestan
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References
- ↑ Nuristani. Retrieved 24 Nov 2023.
- ↑ Nuristanis (in en-GB). Minority Rights Group (2015-06-19). Retrieved 2023-11-24.