Nuristani people

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The Nuristani people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Hindu Kush region, primarily in Afghanistan, known for their distinct Indo-Iranian languages, pre-Islamic cultural heritage, and historical isolation in mountainous valleys.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
borderRegionWith Chitral region of Pakistan
linked to: Chitral District
conversionBy Abdur Rahman Khan
conversionToIslam late 19th century
country Afghanistan
countryOfCitizenship Afghanistan
culturalArea eastern Hindu Kush highlands
linked to: Kohistan ranges
ethnonym Nuristani
linked to: Nuristani people
geographicFeature mountain valleys
hasCapitalRegion Parun (Nuristan Province)
historicalName Kafirs of Kafiristan
historicalRegion Kafiristan
linked to: Nuristan Province
historicalReligion Indo-Iranian paganism
animism
polytheism
knownFor distinct languages
historical isolation
pre-Islamic cultural elements
language Ashkun
Kamkata-vari
Prasuni
Tregami
Waigali
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages
languageSubfamily Nuristani languages
locatedIn eastern Hindu Kush
linked to: Hindu Kush
meaningOfName Land of Light
minorityIn Pakistan
nameChange Kafiristan renamed Nuristan
linked to: Nuristan Province
nameChangeDate 1890s
nativeName نورستانیان
partOf ethnic groups of Afghanistan
populationCountry Afghanistan
primaryRegion Badakhshan Province
linked to: Badakhshan

Kunar Province
Laghman Province
Nuristan Province
relatedEthnicGroup Dardic peoples
Pashtuns
Tajiks
religion Sunni Islam
traditionalHousing terraced wooden houses
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
animal husbandry
forestry
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization

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Nuristani languages ethnolinguisticGroup Nuristani people
Nuristani people ethnonym Nuristani
linked to: Nuristani people
Afghan American ethnicSubgroup Nuristani
linked to: Nuristani people
Nuristan Province ethnicGroup Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Afghan ethnicGroupIncludes Nuristani
linked to: Nuristani people
Indo-Iranian peoples hasPart Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Waigali spokenBy ethnic Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Kafirs of Kafiristan afterConversionKnownAs Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Parun (Nuristan Province) inhabitants Nuristani people
Parun (Nuristan Province) ethnicGroup Nuristani people
Parun Valley populationEthnicity Nuristani people
Kati language ethnicGroup Nuristani people
Prasun partOf Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Prasun relatedEthnicGroups Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Prasun people relatedEthnicGroup Nuristani people
Prasun people ethnolinguisticGroup Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Prasun people partOf Nuristani people
Vasi people ethnicity Nuristani people
Vasi people ethnoLinguisticGroup Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Bashgal Valley inhabitedBy Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Kamdesh area inhabitedBy Nuristani people
Kamdesh area traditionalInhabitants Nuristani communities
linked to: Nuristani people
Kamdesh area ethnolinguisticRegionOf Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Kamdesh area hasEthnicGroup Nuristani people
Bashgal dialect spokenBy Nuristani people
Kamkata-vari group subgroupOf Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Kamkata-vari group ethnicity Nuristani
linked to: Nuristani people
Tregami people relatedEthnicity Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Kati partOf Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Kunar Province hasEthnicGroup Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Laghman Province hasEthnicGroup Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Asadabad ethnicGroup Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Wama dialect spokenBy Nuristani people
Peche Valley primaryHomelandOf Ashkun-speaking Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Peche Valley inhabitedBy Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Peche Valley hasEthnicGroup Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people
Ashkun people ethnolinguisticGroup Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Wama Valley hasEthnicGroup Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
Kamviri people ethnolinguisticGroup Nuristani
linked to: Nuristani people
Pashai neighboringEthnicGroup Nuristanis
linked to: Nuristani people