Khowar > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Khowar
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Khowār; Citālī; Čitarī; Arnyiā; Arniyā; Qāšqarī; Khawar; Chitrali; Citrali; Chitrari; Arniya; Patu; Qashqari; Kashkari; Dardu; Khō-wār; Kho-war
Spoken in:
India, Pakistan
Number of speakers:
223,000 in Pakistan (1992). Population total all countries: 242,200
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
222800
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
242000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
khw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Chitral; Čitral (chit)
Child Dialects:
North Khowar (khw-nor)
Swat Khowar (khw-swa)
South Khowar (khw-sou)
East Khowar (khw-eas)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Khowar
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