ISO 639-3 · sclscl
unclassified
Shina
ݜݨیاٗ
Shina is a language, spoken in India and Pakistan. Wikidata counts 720,200 first-language speakers (2018). Wikidata describes it as “language from the Dardic sub-group of the Indo-Aryan languages family spoken by the Shina people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
scl- Glottocode
shin1264- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 41 language editions
720,200first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
—levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Shina · ݜݨیاٗ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Shina language |
| L1 speakers | 720,200 (2018) |
| Written in | Arabic script |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in India
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