Shina (षीना / ݜینا)
Shina is a member of the Dardic subgroup of the Indo-Aryan
language family. It has around 500,000 speakers in Gilgit-Baltistan
and Chitral in Pakistan, and also in parts of Kashmir. The
it spoken in the valleys of Southern Hunza Astore, Chilas,
Darel, Tangir, Gilgit, Ghizer, Gurez, Drass, Juglot Valley,
Drotte Palas, Kolai and Kohistan.
Dialects include Gilgiti, Astori, Chilasi Kohistani,
Drasi, Gurezi, Jalkoti, Kolai and Palasi. Gilgiti is
the prestige dialect.
Shina is usually written with a version of the Urdu Arabic
alphabet, and also sometimes with the Devanagari script.
Arabic script for Shina
ث, ح, ذ, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ف, ق and ء are only used in loanwords
Devanagari alphabet for Shina
Source: http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/~tjun/shina/Grammar_of_Shina_Language_And_Vocabulary.pdf
Details of the Shina alphabets supplied by Michael Peter Füstumum
Links
Information about Shina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shina_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/scl
http://gurais.wikifoundry.com/page/SHINA+LANGUAGE
Indo-Aryan languages
Awadhi,
Assamese,
Bengali,
Bhojpuri,
Chakma,
Dhivehi,
Domari,
Fiji Hindi,
Garhwali,
Gujarati,
Hajong,
Hindi,
Kashmiri,
Konkani,
Kotia,
Kutchi,
Magahi,
Maithili,
Marathi,
Marwari,
Modi,
Nepali,
Odia,
Palula,
Punjabi,
Rajasthani,
Rohingya,
Romani,
Saraiki,
Sarnámi Hindustani,
Sindhi,
Sinhala,
Shina,
Sourashtra,
Sugali,
Sylheti,
Torwali,
Urdu
Other languages written with the Arabic
and Devanagari scripts
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