Khowar

Facts

  • Language: Khowar
  • Alternate names: Khowār, Citālī, Čitarī, Arnyiā, Arniyā, Qāšqarī, Khawar, Chitrali, Citrali, Chitrari, Arniya, Patu, Qashqari, Kashkari, Dardu
  • Language code: khw
  • Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Indo-Aryan Northwestern zone, Chitral
  • Number of speakers: 300,000
  • Vulnerability: risk
  • Script: Arabic script.

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    Muslim (Sunni), Muslim (Ismaili).

    Can be marginally considered threatened, but as a local lingua franca, it should not be considered endangered per se in Pakistan. In India on the other hand, it should be considered to reflect incipient endangerment.