Shina people
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![]() Ethnic Groups in Pakistan (Dark Orange Area in Pakistan and India)
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Regions with significant populations | |
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Pakistan:Gilgit India:Kashmir |
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1,084,673 (in 2004) |
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1,85,720 |
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7,860 |
Languages | |
Shina | |
Religion | |
Shi'a Islam (majority Ismailism) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kashmiri people and Other Dardic peoples |
The Shina are the Dardic people originating in southern Gilgit–Baltistan, Chitral and western part of Kohistan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, as well as Dras Valley and Gurais/ Kishenganga Valley region in northern Kashmir of India. They also live in some parts of Pakistani Kashmir. They speak an Indo-Aryan language, called Shina language, with varied dialects.