Khowar

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Khowar is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Chitral region of Pakistan and parts of neighboring areas, known for its rich oral tradition and distinct phonology.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Khowar canonical 26
Khowar language 4
Chitrali Khowar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Kalasha
linked to: Kalash Valleys

Shina
country Pakistan
hasAlternativeName Arniya
Chitrali
Chitrari
hasCulturalFeature folktales
rich oral poetry
traditional songs
hasDialects Lower Chitral variety
Upper Chitral variety
hasEthnologueName Khowar
hasGlottocode khow1242
hasGlottologName Khowar
hasISO639-2Code khw
hasISO639-3Code khw
hasMorphologicalType fusional language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration
retroflex consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasReligionAssociated Islam
hasWordOrder SOV
hasWritingTradition oral tradition
influencedBy Arabic
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
languageFamily Indo-Aryan
partOf Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
region Chitral
linked to: Chitral District

Hindukush
linked to: Hindu Kush
script Arabic script
Nastaliq
linked to: Nastaʿlīq

Perso-Arabic script
spokenBy Kho people
spokenIn Afghanistan
China
Chitral District
Gilgit-Baltistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
Xinjiang
status minority language in Pakistan
subfamilyOf Dardic languages
usedAs regional lingua franca in Chitral
writingDirection right-to-left
writingSystemType abjad

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malakand Division language Khowar
Shina closelyRelatedTo Khowar
Khowar hasGlottologName Khowar
Khowar hasEthnologueName Khowar
Yidgha neighboringLanguage Khowar
Yidgha hasContactLanguage Khowar
Kalasha language closelyRelatedTo Khowar language
linked to: Khowar
Kalasha language sharesLexiconWith Khowar language
linked to: Khowar
Kho people language Khowar
Kho people primaryLanguage Khowar
Laspur Valley hasLanguage Khowar
GB hasLocalLanguages Khowar
Dardic languages hasSubgroup Khowar language
linked to: Khowar
Dardic languages majorLanguage Khowar language
linked to: Khowar
Arniya alternativeNameOf Khowar
Chitrari alternativeNameOf Khowar
Chitrali alternativeNameOf Khowar
Chitrali hasAlternativeName Chitrali Khowar
linked to: Khowar