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Khowar

کھووار

Khowar is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan and India, by about 290 thousand people.

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Khowar · 36.0°N 72.0°E

Khowar (کھووار, Khōwār, [kʰɔːwɑːɾ]), also known by its common exonym Chitrali, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic group, primarily spoken by the Kho people (Chitralis), native to the Chitral region and surrounding areas of Pakistan.

Khowar is the lingua franca of Chitral, and it is also spoken in the Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, as well as in the Upper Swat District.

Speakers of Khowar have also migrated heavily to Pakistan's major urban centres, with Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar having significant populations. It is also spoken as a second language by the Kalash people.

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Words in Khowar

MeaningWordRomanization
womanکمیریkiméri
eyeغیچġeč
noseنسکارnaskár
bloodلیےley
waterاُوغuġ
moonمَسmas
nightچُھوئیčhuí
catپوشیpúši
fishمَڅھیmatshí
horseاِستورistór
sugarشوکھورšokhór

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