Indus Kohistani

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] The phonology of Indus Kohistani varies between its major dialects as shown below.

The consonant inventory of Indus Kohistani is shown in the chart below.

The phonemes /x/, /ɣ/, and /q/ are mainly found in loan words.

Kohistani is spoken in multiple districts of KPK in north as of the 2017 Pakistan Census