Shina

E81878

Shina is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and surrounding Himalayan areas.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Shina canonical 36
Drasi Shina 2
Guresi Shina 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Brokskat
Khowar
Kohistani languages
country Pakistan
glottocode shin1264
hasAlternativeName Shinaki
Sina
hasDialect Astore Valley Shina
linked to: Astore Valley

Astori Shina
Chilasi Shina
linked to: Shina

Drasi Shina
linked to: Shina

Gilgiti Shina
Guresi Shina
linked to: Shina

Haramosh Shina
Jalkoti Shina
linked to: Kohistani Shina

Kohistani Shina
Palasi Shina
Tangiri Shina
linked to: Shina
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order
case marking
ergative alignment (split-ergative)
gender distinctions
postpositions
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration
retroflex consonants
tonal contrasts in some dialects
influencedBy Arabic
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
ISO639-3Code scl
languageFamily Indo-European languages
lexicalSimilarityWith other Dardic languages
primaryRegion Gilgit Valley
linked to: Gilgit

Indus Valley (upper)
linked to: Indus River basin
region Western Himalayas
linked to: western Himalayas
spokenIn Afghanistan (border areas)
Chitral region
linked to: Chitral District

Gilgit-Baltistan
Himalayan region
India (northern areas)
linked to: northern India

Kargil district
Kashmir region
linked to: Kashmir Valley

Ladakh
Pakistan
subfamily Dardic languages
linked to: Kohistani languages
usedAs regional lingua franca in Gilgit-Baltistan
usedByEthnicGroup Shina people
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
Urdu-based script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shina hasDialect Guresi Shina
linked to: Shina
Shina hasDialect Drasi Shina
linked to: Shina
Shina hasDialect Chilasi Shina
linked to: Shina
Shina hasDialect Tangiri Shina
linked to: Shina
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages includesLanguage Shina (in some classifications)
linked to: Shina
Khowar closelyRelatedTo Shina
Astori Shina hasDialectalRelation Guresi Shina
linked to: Shina
Astori Shina hasDialectalRelation Drasi Shina
linked to: Shina
Kohistani Shina closelyRelatedTo Chilas Shina
linked to: Shina
Shinaki hasAutonym Shina
Aliabad localLanguage Shina
Purgi neighboringLanguage Shina
Purgi hasContactWith Shina
Juglot hasLanguage Shina
Nagar Valley hasLanguage Shina
Gorikot languageUsed Shina
Chongra hasCommonLanguage Shina
Attabad languageSpoken Shina
GB hasLocalLanguages Shina
Chitrari closelyRelatedTo Shina
Hunza hasLanguage Shina