Khowar language
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Name (Hebrew)
שפת חוואר
Name (Latin)
Khowar language
Name (Arabic)
لغة الكهوار
Other forms of name
Arniya language
Chatrori language
Chitrali language
Chitrari language
Kashkari language
Kohwar language
Patu language
Qashqari language
See Also From tracing topical name
Dardic languages
See Also From tracing place name
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q938216
Library of congress:
sh 85072222
Sources of Information
- Ėdelʹman, D.I. The Dardic and Nuristani languages, 1983:p. 22 (The Khowar language, also known as Chitrari (Chitrali) and Arniya, is spoken in the valley of the Chitral River (Afghanistan) ... Individuals from Chitral who speak Khowar and call themselves and their language Chatrori are also encountered in the Soviet Union, specifically in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.)
- Ethnologue:p. 574 (Kohwar (Khowar, Khowari, Khawar, Chitrali, Citrali, Chitrari, Arniya, Patu, Qashqari, Kashkari) listed as having 250,000 speakers in Pakistan)