Nuristani people

Nuristanis are an ethnic group living in the Hindu Kush areas mainly in Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan, whose languages are from the Indo-Iranian branch known as Nuristani languages.

Nuristani people
Nuristani girl
Total population
ca. 125,000–300,000
Regions with significant populations
Nuristan Province
Languages
Nuristani
Dari and Pashto also understood widely as second languages
Religion
Mostly Sunni Muslims
Related ethnic groups
Kalash people

References

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