Alternate Names: Pashai
Dialects: Aret, Chalas (Chilas), Kandak, Kurangal, Kurdar. Unintelligible of other Pashayi speakers. Lexical similarity: approximately 30% with Southeast Pashayi , and Southwest Pashayi ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 54,400 (2000).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Poetry.
Typology: SOV.
Spoken In: Afghanistan
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Afghanistan
Other Comments: Kandak, Shemul, Aret, Shumasht, and Kordar villages belong to the Chugani people; Chalas and Kurangal are separate. Muslim (Sunni).