Shumashti language

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Shumashti - also known as Shumasht - is a language spoken in parts of western Afghanistan.

It belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Dardic group of the Indo-Iranian branch.

It was spoken by an estimated 1,000 people in 1994 on the western side Kunar River 60 miles up from Gawar-Bati. Literacy rates are low: below 1% for people who have it as a first language, and between 15% to 25% for people who have it as a second language.

It has a lexical similarity of 63% with Nangalami and 47% with Gawar-Bati. It has been heavily influenced by Pashayi.

References

Shumashti. Retrieved June 14, 2006, from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, fifteenth edition. SIL International. [Online version].

Indo-Iranian languages
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Iranian languages>Iranian	Avestan \| Varieties of Persian: Old Persian - Middle Persion (Pahlavi) - Modern Persian (Fārsī) - Darī (Afghanistan) - Tājikī \| Bactrian \| Balochi \| Dari (Zoroastrianism) \| Gilaki \| Kurdish \| Mazandarani \| Ossetic \| Pamiri \| Pashto \| Saka \| Scythian \| Sogdian \| Talysh \| Tat \| Yagnobi
Dardic languages>Dardic	Dameli \| Domaaki \| Gawar-Bati \| Kalasha \| Kashmiri \| Khowar \| Kohistani \| Nangalami \| Pashayi \| Palula \| Shina \| Shumashti
Nuristani languages>Nuristani	Ashkun \| Kamviri \| Kati \| Prasuni \| Tregami \| Waigali

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