Khowar
Khowar (Khowar: کھووار زبان, romanized: khowār, IPA: [kʰɔːwaːr]), or Chitrali, is a Dardic language of Indo-Aryan language family primarily spoken in Chitral and surrounding areas in Pakistan.
| Khowar | |
|---|---|
| کھووار زبان | |
Khowar written in the Khowar alphabet in Nastaliq style. | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Chitral District |
| Ethnicity | Kho people |
Native speakers | 580,000 (2020) |
| Khowar alphabet (In Nastaliq style.) | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Association for the Promotion of Khowar |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | khw |
| Glottolog | khow1242 |
| ELP | Khowar |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAB-aa |
Khowar is a minor language of Pakistan which is mainly spoken in Chitral, it is given a space in this map. | |
Areas where Khowar is spoken. | |
Khowar is the lingua franca of Chitral, and it is also spoken in the Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, as well in the Upper Swat district.
Speakers of Khowar have also migrated heavily to Pakistan's major urban centres, with Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi having significant populations. It is also spoken as a second language by the Kalash people. It has close relationship with other Indo-Aryan languages, especially Standard Punjabi, Western Punjabi, Sindhi, and the dialects of Western Pahari.
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