Infobox Ethnic group group Burusho people image Image A Hunza Rajah and Tribesmen.jpg 240px caption A Hunza Rajah and Tribesmen in 19th Century. population 87,000 2000 small regions flag Pakistan languages Burushaski , Urdu ref http www.tribalanalysiscenter.com Research Burusho.html ref religions Islam , Historically Shamanism ref http www.highbeam.com doc 1G1 15474302.html ref The Burusho or Brusho people live in the Hunza Valley Hunza , Nagar Valley Nagar , and Yasin Valley Yasin valleys of Gilgit Baltistan. ref http repositories.lib.utexas.edu bitstream handle 2152 2777 munshis96677.pdf?sequence 2 ref They are predominantly Muslims. Their language, Burushaski , has not been shown to be related to any other. ref http original.britannica.com eb article 9018245 Burushaski language, Encyclop dia Britannica online ref They have an East Asia n genetic contribution, suggesting that at least some of their ancestry originates north of the Himalayas. ref http www shgc.stanford.edu myerslab papers LiAbsher Science HGDP Worldwide Human Relationships Inferred from Genome Wide Patterns of Variation Science 22 February 2008 Vol. 319. no. 5866, pp. 1100 1104 DOI 10.1126 science.1153717 ref Hunza Image Flag of Hunza.svg thumb 200px left Flag of Hunza. ref cite web url http www.crwflags.com fotw flags pk hunza.html title Hunza accessdate June 19, 2010 publisher Flags of the World date June 7, 2008 ... page 83 isbn 8125022090 pages accessdate 2011 01 23 ref The Hunza and Alexander the Great Burusho ... Pakistan. ref http books.google.bg books?id IOM8qF34s4YC&pg PA36&lpg PA36&dq alexander burusho legend ... 2006 ref not the Burusho. ref http www.raheelqamar.com picrender 201.pdf. Y Chromosomal DNA Variation ... links http www.hunzo.com music Burusho music http www.hunza.20m.com History.htm History of Hunza ... DEFAULTSORT Burusho People Category Ethnic groups in Pakistan Category Longevity traditions Category ... hu Hunz k mk nl Burusho pl Buruszowie ru sq Hund za sr sh Burusho zh ... more details
Khizerabad lang ur is a town in Hunza Nagar District of Northern Areas in Pakistan . See also Former State of Hunza Baltit Fort Altit Fort Northern Areas Karakoram Highway Karakoram Mountains Nagar Valley Burusho Ganish Village Hunza Valley Karimabad Hunza Karimabad Aliabad Hunza Aliabad Nasirabad Hunza Nasirabad Ahmedabad Hunza Ahmedabad Hussainabad Hunza Hussainabad Murtazaabad Sikandarabad Jafarabad Hunza Jafarabad Hunza Nagar District External links Empty section date July 2010 References reflist Category Hunza ... more details
Ahmedabad lang ur is the located in Hunza Nagar District of Gilgit Baltistan in Jammu & Kashmir and is Currently under Pakistani Occupation. See also Former State of Hunza Baltit Fort Altit Fort Northern Areas Karakoram Highway Karakoram Mountains Nagar Valley Burusho Ganish Village Hunza Valley Karimabad Hunza Karimabad Khizerabad Aliabad Hunza Aliabad Nasirabad Hunza Nasirabad Hussainabad Hunza Hussainabad Murtazaabad Sikandarabad Jafarabad Hunza Jafarabad Hunza Nagar District External links Empty section date July 2010 References reflist Category Hunza it Ahmedabad Hunza ... more details
Otheruses Sikandarabad disambiguation Sikandarabad lang hi , lang ur is the located in Hunza Nagar District of Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan . See also Former State of Hunza Baltit Fort Altit Fort Northern Areas Karakoram Highway Karakoram Mountains Nagar Valley Burusho Ganish Village Hunza Valley Karimabad Hunza Karimabad Khizerabad Aliabad Hunza Aliabad Nasirabad Hunza Nasirabad Hussainabad Hunza Hussainabad Murtazaabad Ahmedabad Hunza Ahmedabad Jafarabad Hunza Jafarabad Hunza Nagar District External links Empty section date July 2010 References reflist Category Hunza ... more details
Jafarabad lang ur is a town located in the Hunza Nagar District of Northern Areas in Pakistan . See also Former State of Hunza Baltit Fort Altit Fort Northern Areas Karakoram Highway Karakoram Mountains Nagar Valley Burusho Ganish Village Hunza Valley Karimabad Hunza Karimabad Khizerabad Aliabad Hunza Aliabad Nasirabad Hunza Nasirabad Hussainabad Hunza Hussainabad Murtazaabad Ahmedabad Hunza Ahmedabad Sikandarabad Hunza Nagar District External links Empty section date July 2010 References reflist Category Hunza ... more details
Aliabad lang ur is the capital of the Hunza Nagar District of Gilgit Baltistan , Pakistan . The town is located on the Hunza River , in May 2010 government officials warned that the nearby Attabad lake was close to flooding the area. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world south asia 8674915.stm Pakistan villages at risk of lake flooding ref See also Former State of Hunza Baltit Fort Altit Fort Northern Areas Karakoram Highway Karakoram Mountains Nagar Valley Burusho Ganish Village Hunza Valley Karimabad Hunza Karimabad Khizerabad Nasirabad Hunza Nasirabad Ahmedabad Hunza Ahmedabad Hussainabad Hunza Hussainabad Murtazaabad Sikandarabad Jafarabad Hunza Jafarabad Hunza Nagar District References reflist Category Hunza it Aliabad Hunza ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2010 Hussainabad lang ur is a small village situated at the left bank of Hunza River. There are around 200 homes which population is approximately 1,500 people. The literacy rate of Hussainabad is 100 . In Hussain Abad, Khizerabad, Qadeem Abad, Centre, Shabaran & Dolmani. The beautiful valley of Hunza beginning point is Hussain Abad, and it ends with Khunjarab Pass. In Hunza state three local languages are spoken Brushaski , Wakhi language Wakhi and Shinaki. See also Former State of Hunza Baltit Fort Altit Fort Northern Areas Karakoram Highway Karakoram Mountains Nagar Valley Burusho Ganish Village Hunza Valley Karimabad Hunza Karimabad Khizer Abad Hussain Abad Mayoon Khana Abad Nasirabad Hunza Nasirabad Ahmedabad Hunza Ahmedabad Aliabad Hunza Aliabad Murtazaabad Sikandarabad Jafarabad Hunza Jafarabad Hunza Nagar District References reflist Category Hunza ... more details
Infobox Language family name Karasuk region Central Siberia and northern Pakistan child1 Yeniseian languages Yeniseian child2 Burushaski language Burushaski Karasuk is a language family proposed by George van Driem ref http www.semioticon.com people vanDriem.htm website about George van Driem ref of the University of Leiden that links the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia with the Burushaski language of northern Pakistan. The family is named after the Karasuk culture , which existed in Central Asia during the Bronze Age in second millennium BCE. Van Driem postulates the Burusho people took part in the Indo Aryan migration out of Central Asia that resulted in the Indo European conquest of the Indian sub continent , while other Karasuk peoples migrated northwards to become the Ket people Yenisei . These claims have recently been picked up by linguist Roger Blench. Fact date February 2007 The evidence for Karasuk is mostly morphological. For example, the Grammatical person second person singular prefixes on intransitive verbs are IPA u , in Burushaski and IPA ku , u in Ket language Ket . While Yeniseian has been demonstrated to be related to the Na Dene languages of North America, as part of a newly named Dene Yeniseian family, the relevant morphological correspondences between Na Dene and Yeniseian have not been found in Burushaski. References reflist External links http www.rogerblench.info RBOP.htm Roger Blench s home page . DEFAULTSORT Karasuk Languages Category Proposed language families ... more details
Cleanup rewrite date September 2009 Shinaki is the name given to the people living in the Lower Hunza Valley Hunza , Pakistan . Hunza Valley has generally three parts, namely Lower Hunza , Centre Hunza and Upper Hunza . The lower part includes mainly four villages namely Hussainabad, Mayon, Khanabad and Nasirabad old name Hini in Shina and Hindi in Brushiski . Historically Shinakis are considered stubborn, brave and loyal. In older times, Mir title Mir The ruler of Hunza had special army mostly consisted of Shinakis. Shinakis were the last to convert into Ismaili Muslims 100 of Hunza s population is Ismaili . Currently, Hunza Shinaki is composed of five villages Hini, Mayoon, Khanabad, Hussainabad and Khizerabad. Among these Hini and Mayoon are old settlements, These two villages used to be the first bastions of defense of Hunza in old times. People from Hini and Mayoon bore the brunt of wars and battles of Hunza with Sikhs, British and other forces in late 19th century. There is a gorge where people of Mayoon wiped out an army of 500 Sikhs in a single night. This area is famous as Sikh Mara Jung . Colonel Durand got wounded from a gunshot reportedly fired from Mayoon Fort. Incessant engagement with outside threat kept Shinaki people in combative mood all the time. The modern stereotyping of Shinakis as ignorant and aggressive stems from the centuries old tradition where there was no option except to fight. Besides warfare, the region of Hunza Shinaki was famous for its wine. The King of Hunza had a special quota of wine from lower Hunza. External links Examples of Shinaki music can be found on http hunzo.com music Hunzo.com . This website also offers Burusho, Chitrali, Wakhi, and Hunzai music. Category Ethnic groups in Pakistan ... more details
Merge from Hunza Nagar Valley date August 2010 Unreferenced date July 2009 The Hunza Nagar District is the seventh district of Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan . The district comprises Hunza princely state Hunza and Nagar princely state Nagar . Aliabad is the administrative center of this district. Before the announcement of new district, Hunza Nagar was part of district Gilgit. History In 1974 Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Butto ended the ghost governance of Rajhghee , with a single administrator, known as Raja . Formerly this region was divided into two states, Hunza and Nagar. Geography This area has a number of mountains such as Rakaposhi Gulmit , Diran Menapin , Golden peak Hopper , and Ulter peaks. Hopper is the name of a region within Hunza Nagar. It contains five villages, Hakalshal, Rattal, Broshal, Holshal and Ghashoshal. The population is around 10,000. It is situated at the altitude of 3000 m. Two mountains adjacent to Nagar valley, Golden peak and Shelter peak are situated here. The mountains contain at least two named glaciers, Hopper and Hisper. Culture The local language of the majority of the people of this region is Burushaski . See also Former states Hunza princely state Hunza and Nagar princely state Nagar Baltit Fort Altit Fort Northern Areas Karakoram Highway Karakoram Mountains Nagar Valley Aliabad Valley Haiderabad Valley Gulmit Dorkhun Valley Altit Valley sost Valley Murtazaabad Valley Hussainabad Valley Hassanabad Valley Passu Valley Khayber Abbad Chipurson Abad Hussaini Shimshal Khizerabad vally Burusho Ganish Village Karimabad Hunza Karimabad Khizerabad Nasirabad Hunza Nasirabad Ahmedabad Hunza Ahmedabad Hussainabad Hunza Hussainabad External links Empty section date July 2010 References Reflist Category Hunza simple Hunza Nagar District ur ... more details
H1a M82 . ref name Gayden2007 In Pakistan , Haplogroup H1 M52 has been found in 4.1 Burusho people Burusho , 20.5 Kalash people Kalash , 4.2 Pashtun people Pashtun , and 2.5 other Pakistani people Pakistanis ... study has found haplogroup H in approximately 8 3 38 of a sample of Burusho people Burusho also known ... more details
Cleanup date November 2010 Refimprove date December 2008 Image Pakistan ethnic 1973.jpg right thumb 300px Major ethnic groups in Pakistan, 1973 About 98 of languages spoken in Pakistan are Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian sub branches 75 Indo Aryan languages Indo Aryan and 20 pure Iranian languages Iranian , a branch of Indo European languages Indo European family of languages. Most languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso Arabic script, with significant vocabulary derived from Arabic and Persian language Persian . Punjabi language Punjabi Shahmukhi , Saraiki language Seraiki , Sindhi language Sindhi , Pashto language Pashto , Urdu , Balochi language Balochi , Kashmiri language Kashmiri Koshur , etc. are the general languages spoken within Pakistan. The majority of Pakistanis belong to various Indo Aryans Indo Aryan speaking ethnic groups, while a large minority are various Iranian peoples Iranic peoples and Dardic languages Dardic language groups. In addition, small groups language isolates such as Burusho and Brahui speaking peoples also live in the country. The major ethnic groups of Pakistan in numerical size include Punjabis , Pashtuns , Sindhis , Saraiki people Seraikis , Muhajir people Muhajirs , Baloch people Baloch is, Hindkowans , Chitrali people Chitrali s and other smaller groups. The population comprises several main ethnic groups 2009 ref http www.brookings.edu media Files Programs FP pakistan 20index index.pdf ref Punjabi people Punjabis 42.15 70.7 million Pashtun people Pashtuns 17.42 35.2 million Sindhi people Sindhis 14.1 24.8 million Saraiki people Seraikis 10.53 14.8 million Muhajir Pakistan Muhajir s 7.57 13.3 million Baloch people Balochs is 3.57 6.3 million Others 4.66 11.1 million Smaller ethnic groups, such as Kashmiri people Kashmiris , Hindkowans , Kalash , Burusho people Burusho , Brahui people Brahui , Khowar , Shina , and Turwalis are mainly found in the northern parts of the country. The people of the Potohar Plateau in Northe ... more details
people West Punjabi Gondi people Gond Toda people Toda Santals Santal Uttar Pradesh Burusho people Burusho Kazakhs Kazak Khalkha Khalka Mongols Yi people Lolo Lepcha people Lepcha Garo tribe Garo Mara ... more details
Burusho from the Hunza Valley in the Karakorum Range in Kashmir. Recently, it was discovered ... of Pakistan the Hindu Kush Hindu Kush Range , and one Burusho in the Hunza Valley in Kashmir . These two ... Burusho G was G2c, making it likely that this single G is G2c as well. ref name pmid17047675 cite ..., including 1 Burusho n 94 and 5 Pashtuns n 93 . ref name yhrd.org cite web title YHRD.org Result ... China . Among the Burusho South Asian Y haplogroups predominate, but there are some representatives ... 10 11 12 11 11 13,30 12 align center Burusho br Hunza Valley 1 confirmed 13 23 span style font weight ... more details
. L3 M357 is found frequently among Burusho approx. 12 ref name Firasat2007 and Pashtun people Pashtuns ... , Southwest Asia , and Southern Europe L2 L2a M349 L2b M274 L3 M357 Found frequently among Burusho ... more details
Ethnic group group Nuristani people image File Girl in a Kabul orphanage, 01 07 2002.jpg 200px poptime ca. 125,000 300,000 ref name LOC popplace Nuristan Province langs Nuristani languages , Pashto language Pashto and Dari Persian Persian Dari rels Sunni Islam related Kalash people Kalash , Pashtun people , Pashai people , Burusho s and Dardic people Dards The Nuristani people are an ethnic group Indigenous peoples indigenous to the Nuristan Province Nuristan region of northeastern Afghanistan . The Nuristanis are a people whose ancestors practiced what was apparently an ancient Indo Iranian polytheistic religion until they were converted to Islam in the late 19th century by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan . ref In the mid 1890s, he conducted a campaign in Kafiristan and followed up his conquest with forcible conversions, the region thenceforth being known as Nuristan, the Land of Light . Martin Ewans, Afghanistan a short history of its people and politics , Harper Perennial, 2002, p.103 ref ref A Former Kafir Tells His Tragic Story . Notes on the Kati Kafirs of Northern Bashgal Afghanistan Max Klimburg, Eat and West, Vol. 58 Nos. 1 4 December 2008 , pp. 391 402 ref ref Reflections of the Islamisation of Kafiristan in Oral Tradition Georg Buddruss Journal of Asian Civilizations Volume XXXI Number 1 2 2008, Special Tribute Edition, pp. 16 35 ref ref The pacification of the country was completed by the wholly gratuitous conquest of a remote mountain people in the north east, the non Muslim Kalash of Kafiristan Land of the Unbelievers , who were forcibly converted to Islam. Their habitat was renamed Nuristan Land of Light . Angelo Rasanayagam, Afghanistan A Modern History , I.B. Tauris, 2005, p.11 ref Non Muslim religious practices endure today to some degree as folk customs. In their native rural areas, which was referred to by the local Muslims as Kafiristan before the 19th century, they are often farmers, herders, and dairymen. Throughout Afghanistan, they are well respected ... more details
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