The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: SMS
ISO 639-2: inc
| Population | 1,000 (1994). |
| Region | Chitral frontier, 60 miles up the Kunar River from Gawar-Bati, on the west side, Darrai Mazar Valley. Shumast village has two languages; this Dardic Kunar language, and a Northeast Pashayi dialect. |
| Alternate names | SHUMASHT |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Kunar. |
| Comments | 63% lexical similarity with Nangalami (Grangali), 47% with Gawar-Bati. Heavily influenced by Pashayi. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 5% to 15%. Muslim. |
