Shekhani dialect

Eastern Kata-vari
Eastern Kata-vari
شیخانی (Shekhani)
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Lutkuh Valley (Gobor, Shekhandeh, Rumbur, Badogar, and Urstsun), Upper Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Native speakers	1,500 (2003)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Northern Kamkata-vari Kata-vari Eastern Kata-vari; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Khowar alphabet (Perso-Arabic)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Eastern Kata-vari also locally known as Shekhani is a variety of the Kata-vari language spoken in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Kamviri language is also known as Shekhani. The Khowar name for the dialect is Sheikhwar which means "Language of the Sheikhs or converts." Some linguists consider Shekhani or Eastern Kata-vari a different language due to the isolation from other Nuristani languages other than Kamviri. Kamviri Shekhani is different than Eastern Kata-vari which is also called Shekhani.

In August 2022, Pakistani linguist, Rehmat Aziz Chitrali proposed a keyboard to Khowar Academy, Chitral.

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