Gurezi Shina

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Gurezi Shina is an Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan and Kashmir in India. it can be considered a dialect of Shina. It is usually not written, but it can be written with the Nastaliq script. It has pitch accent, with a high and low tone.

Here are the numbers from zero to ten translated in Gurezi Shina:

Number Romanisation IPA
0 //
1 ek /ek/
2 du̗u /du̗u/
3 šṭee̗ /ʃʈee̗/
4 šta̗ar /ʃta̗ar/
5 põš /põʃ/
6 ša /ʃa/
7 sat /sat/
8 ãšṭ, ãš /ãʃʈ/, /ãʃ/
9 nõ̗õ /nõ̗õ/
10 day /daj/

Source: "A Descriptive Grammar of Gurezi Shina" by Musavir Ahmed

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