Nuristani people
Ethnic group native to the Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan
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 girl | |
Total population | |
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ca. 125,000–300,000[source?] | |
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 |