Alternate Names: Biltum, Brushaski, Burucaki, Burucaski, Burushaki, Burushki, Khajuna, Kunjut
Dialects: Hunza, Nagar (Nagir), Yasin (Werchikwar). Yasin is geographically separated from other dialects. Lexical similarity: 91%–94% between Nagar and Hunza dialects, 67%–72% between Yasin and Hunza, 66%–71% between Yasin and Nagar.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 87,000 in Pakistan (2000), increasing.
Language Use: Vigorous, but acquiring Urdu [urd] borrowings. Positive attitudes. Yasin speakers also use Khowar [khw]. Women also use Urdu [urd]. Used as L2 by Domaaki [dmk], Khowar [khw], Wakhi [wbl].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 20% in Hunza, less in Nagar.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Arabic (Nastaliq), Arabic (Naskh), Latin
Nation of Origin: Pakistan
Other Comments: Muslim (Shi’a), Muslim (Sunni).