Shumashti language

Shumashti – also known as Shumasht – is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in eastern Afghanistan.

It is spoken in parts of Kunar Province: on the western side of the Kunar Valley between Jalalabad and the Pech Valley.

The number of speakers was estimated at 1,000 in 1994.

[2] It has been influenced by the Northeast Pashai languages, and it is related to the Grangali language, with which it shares about a third of its basic vocabulary, and to Gawar-Bati, with which it has about half of its basic lexis in common.

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