Burusho people
ethnic group of northern Pakistan
The Burusho, or Brusho (Burushaski: بُرُشݸ, burúśu[3]) are an ethnic group native to the Yasin, Hunza, Nagar, and other valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan.[4][5] Their language, Burushaski, has been classified as a language isolate, it means it is unrelated to any other language in the world.[6]
بُرُشݸ | |
|---|---|
 A group of Burusho women in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan | |
| Total population | |
| 300,000 (2023)[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Burushaski[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Ismaili Shia |
References
change- ↑ "Burushaski script in Roman, Perso-Arabic characters okayed". DAWN. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ "TAC Research The Burusho". Tribal Analysis Center. 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ Hunzai, A. N. N., Burushaski Research Academy, & University of Karachi. (2006). Burushaski Urdu Dictionary - Volume 1 / بروشسکی اردو لغت - جلد اول (الف تا څ). Bureau of Composition, Compilation & Translation, University of Karachi. ISBN 969-404-66-0 Archive.org
- ↑ "Jammu and Kashmir Burushaski : Language, Language Contact, and Change" (PDF). Repositories.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ↑ Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ↑ "Burushaski language". Encyclopædia Britannica online.
