A group of Burusho women in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan
Total population
126,300 (2018)[1]
Languages
Burushaski[2]
Religion
Ismaili Shia and Shia Islam[3][4][5]
The Burusho, or Brusho (Burushaski: بُرُشݸ, burúśu[6]), also known as the Botraj,[7][8] are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Yasin, Hunza, Nagar, and other valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan,[9] with a tiny minority of around 350 Burusho people residing in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[8][10] Their language, Burushaski, has been classified as a language isolate.[11]
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^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
^Berger, Hermann (1985). "A survey of Burushaski studies". Journal of Central Asia. 8 (1): 33–37.
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^"Jammu and Kashmir Burushaski : Language, Language Contact, and Change" (PDF). Repositories.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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