Shina language
Appearance
Shina | |
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Native to | Pakistan, India |
Region | Northern Areas, Pakistan |
Native speakers | (500,000 cited 1981 census)[1] |
Indo-European
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Arabic Script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:scl – Shinaplk – Kohistani Shina |
Shina (also known as Tshina) is a Dardic language spoken by a some people in Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan.
Alphabet
[change | change source]Letter | Romanization | IPA |
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ا | ʿ | /ʔ/ |
ب | b | /b/ |
پ | p | /p/ |
ت | t | /t/ |
ٹ | ṭ | /ʈ/ |
ث | (s) | /s/ |
ج | ǰ | /d͡ʒ/ |
چ | č | /t͡ʃ/ |
ح | (h) | /h/ |
خ | ǩ | /x/ |
څ | c | /t͡s/ |
ځ | j | /d͡z/ |
ڇ | ċ | /ʈ͡ʂ/ |
د | d | /d/ |
ڈ | ḍ | /ɖ/ |
ذ | (z) | /z/ |
ر | r | /r/ |
ڑ | ṛ | /ɽ/ |
ز | z | /z/ |
ژ | ž | /ʒ/ |
ڙ | ż | /ʐ/ |
س | s | /s/ |
ش | š | /ʃ/ |
ݜ | ṣ | /ʂ/ |
ص | (s) | /s/ |
ض | (d) | /d/ |
ط | (t) | /t/ |
ظ | (z) | /z/ |
ع | ʿ | /ʔ/ |
غ | ǧ | /ɣ/ |
ڠ | ŋ | /ŋ/ |
ف | f | /f/pʰ/ |
ق | (k) | /k/ |
ک | k | /k/ |
گ | g | /ɡ/ |
ل | l | /l/ |
م | m | /m/ |
ن | n | /n/ |
ݨ | ṇ | /ɳ/ |
ں | ˜ | /˜/ |
و | w | /ʊ~w/ |
ہ | h, x | /h/ɦ/ |
ھ | _h | /ʰ/ |
ء | ʿ | /ʔ/ |
ی | y | /j/ |
ے | e | /e/ |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Shina at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Kohistani Shina at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)