Shina people
Shina people in Kargil | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1,178,400 including Kohistani, Shina | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Pakistan | 1,146,000 (2018) |
| India | Ladakh 32000, Gurez 37000 |
| Languages | |
| Shina Urdu, serving as the lingua franca and widely understood as a second language | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Indo-Aryan peoples | |
The Shina (Shina: ݜݨیاٗ, Ṣiṇyaá) or Gilgitis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group primarily residing in Gilgit–Baltistan and Indus Kohistan in Pakistan, as well as in the Gurez (Kishenganga Valley) and Dras regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in India. They speak an Indo-Aryan language, called Shina and their geographic area of predominance is referred to as Shenaki.