All the case markers except genitive are post positions in Gilgiti. In Giligiti, genitive plural ends in o:. In Brokskat, only the possessive pronouns end in o. Most of the case markers in Brokskat are also postpositions. The locative case markers is ro in Gilgiti and Ra in Brokskat. The genitive marker in plural is o: in Gilgiti, which is found in genitive pronouns in Brokskat.

Agentive case is significant in all the Shina languages. The subject of a transitive verb takes the agentive case marker though Gilgiti has only one, viz., se and Brokskat has sa and ya in the present and the past respectively.

The indefinite article e : k is one of the significant features of Shina. In Brokskat, the suffix - k, a shortened form of e : k is added to nouns (except proper nouns and pronouns) and adjectives. The suffix - k is used with adjectives and nouns in Gilgiti.

In Shina languages, adjectives agree in gender and number with their nouns but they do not declined for case. But they are declined for case in Guresi and Drasi (Grahame Bailey). I Giligiti and Brokskat adjectives are declined for singular gender and number.

In Shina languages there are two tenses, viz., past and non-past. Gilgiti and Brokskat also have the same tense distinction. According to Bailey, the idea of passive is not well developed and the passive conveys the conception of an intransitive or middle rather than a true passive. The passive construction is not found in Brokskat.

Gilgiti has two conjunctive particles, viz., neh and ga, so does Brokskat, viz., u:a and ga. The former used for the conjunction of phrases and sentences and the latter for words. Brokskat thus agrees in many phonological and morphological features as shown by its comparison with Gilgiti. 3. Earlier Works on Brokskat: In the Linguistic Survey of India