Shumashti language

{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Shumashti

| altname = Shumasht

| image = Shumashti.svg

| states = Afghanistan

| region = Kunar Province

| speakers = 1,000

| date = 1994

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Dardic

| fam5 = Kunar

| iso3 = sts

| glotto = shum1235

| glottorefname = Shumashti

| notice = Indic

| map2 = Lang Status 40-SE.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Shumashti is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Shumashti – also known as Shumasht – is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in eastern Afghanistan. It is spoken in parts of Kunar Province: on the western side of the Kunar Valley between Jalalabad and the Pech Valley. The number of speakers was estimated at 1,000 in 1994.{{e19|sts}}

It has been influenced by the Northeast Pashai languages, and it is related to the Grangali language, with which it shares about a third of its basic vocabulary, and to Gawar-Bati, with which it has about half of its basic lexis in common.