Kohistani (Indus Kohistani) | |
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Kostaie | |
کوستَیں Kōstaiñ | |
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Region | Indus Kohistan (Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan, Kolai-Palas districts as well as Tangir and Darel valleys)[1] |
Ethnicity | Indus Kohistanis |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1992)[2] |
Indo-European
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Perso-Arabic script (Nastaliq) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mvy |
Glottolog | indu1241 |
![]() Kohistani is a minor language of Pakistan which is mainly spoken in the Kohistan region, it is given a space in this map. |
Indus Kohistani or simply Kohistani (کوستَیں ژیب, Kōstaiñ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the former Kohistan District of Pakistan.[3] The language was referred to as Maiyã (Mayon) or Shuthun by early researchers, but subsequent observations have not verified that these names are known locally.[4]