Burusho people

Burusho people
A group of Burusho women in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan, wearing Iraghi hats
Total population
126,300 (2018)
Languages
L1: Burushaski (native language)
L2: Urdu (national language)
Religion
Islam (mostly consisting of Ismaili and Twelver Shia Muslims)

The Burusho (also Brusho, Botraj and Hunzas) are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Yasin, Hunza, Nagar and other valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan, with a small minority residing in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Their language, Burushaski, has been classified as a language isolate. The region inhabited by the Burusho people is traditionally known as Brushal.

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