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.
More information:
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.