Arniya

E409904

Arniya is an alternative name for the Khowar language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Chitral region of northern Pakistan.

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Label Occurrences
Arniya canonical 3

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Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
alternativeNameOf Khowar
belongsToBranch Dardic languages (traditional classification)
closelyRelatedTo Kalasha
surface form: Kalasha-mun

other Dardic languages (traditional grouping)
hasAlternativeName Arniya
Chitrali
hasCountry Pakistan
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasLinguisticStatus minority language in Pakistan
regional language
hasNativeName کھوار
hasScriptDirection right-to-left
hasSubfamily Indo-Aryan languages
hasWordOrder SOV
languageCodeISO639-3 khw
primaryRegion northern Pakistan
regionType mountainous region
spokenIn Chitral District
surface form: Chitral region

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
usedByEthnicGroup Kho people NERFINISHED
usedInDomain daily communication in Chitral
local media in Chitral
oral literature in Chitral
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script

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