- Nuristanis by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
the main population of Nuristan in Afghanistan; some also live in the Chitral region in Pakistan. The Nuristanis consist of a number of tribes (the Kati, Prasun, Vaigali, Ashkuni, and Vama). They speak languages of the Indo-Iranian group. They number about 100,000 (1970, estimate). The men engage in distant-pasture livestock ...
- Men's Societies by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... existed in Micronesia and the Americas. Vestiges of such societies may be found among several ancient peoples, notably the Spartans, and among such contemporary peoples as the Nuristanis.
- Nuristan by Mary Daniels
... , weaving, and metalwork. The Nuristanis, divided into several tribes, speak Dardic dialects (often mutually unintelligible) belonging to a distinct branch of the Indo-European language family. Nuristan was the scene of some of the heaviest guerrilla fighting during the 1979–89 invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet forces.