Indus Kohistani

Indus Kohistani
Indus Kohistani
Maiyã
كْستٓى‎; Kōstāĩ
Region	Indus Kohistan
Ethnicity	Indus Kohistanis
Native speakers	(200,000 cited 1992)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Kohistani Indus Kohistani; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Perso-Arabic script (Nastaliq)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mvy
Glottolog	indu1241
	Kohistani is a minor language of Pakistan which is mainly spoken in the Kohistan region, shown on this map.

Indus Kohistani or Maiya is a Dardic language spoken in the Kohistan District and the surrounding regions like Swat District and Hazara. It is spoken by the Kohistani people and is the predominant language of Kohistan. It has two dialects, Kohistan and Kanyawali.^[2] It is written in the Nastaliq variant of the Arabic script.

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Indus Kohistani
Maiyã
كْستٓى‎ Kōstāĩ

Region	Indus Kohistan
Ethnicity	Indus Kohistanis
Native speakers	(200,000 cited 1992)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Kohistani Indus Kohistani
Writing system	Perso-Arabic script (Nastaliq)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mvy`
Glottolog	`indu1241`
Kohistani is a minor language of Pakistan which is mainly spoken in the Kohistan region, shown on this map.