Khowar

E86212
Indo-Aryan language natural language

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Khowar canonical 26
Khowar language 4
Chitrali Khowar 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kalash Valleys ⓘ
surface form: Kalasha

Shina ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Arniya ⓘ
Chitrali ⓘ
Chitrari ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature folktales ⓘ
rich oral poetry ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
hasDialects Lower Chitral variety ⓘ
Upper Chitral variety ⓘ
hasEthnologueName Khowar self-link ⓘ
hasGlottocode khow1242 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Khowar self-link ⓘ
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 language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Aryan
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
region Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Chitral

Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindukush
script Arabic script ⓘ
Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
surface form: Nastaliq

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Gilgit-Baltistan → spokenLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Chitral District → hasIndigenousLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Malakand Division → language → Khowar ⓘ
Shina → closelyRelatedTo → Khowar ⓘ
Gilgit → commonlySpokenLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Khowar → hasGlottologName → Khowar self-link ⓘ
Khowar → hasEthnologueName → Khowar self-link ⓘ
Ghizer Valley → languageSpoken → Khowar ⓘ
Yidgha → neighboringLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Yidgha → hasContactLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Kati language → neighboringLanguages → Khowar ⓘ
Kamkata-vari → neighboringLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language → neighboringLanguages → Khowar ⓘ
Bumburet Valley → hasLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Chitral Gol National Park → languageOfLocalCommunities → Khowar ⓘ
Birir Valley → languageSpoken → Khowar ⓘ
Kalasha language → closelyRelatedTo → Khowar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khowar language
Kalasha language → sharesLexiconWith → Khowar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khowar language
Kohistani languages → closelyRelatedTo → Khowar ⓘ
Kho people → language → Khowar ⓘ
Kho people → primaryLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Laspur Valley → hasLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
Phander Valley → languageSpoken → Khowar ⓘ
Ghizer District → hasLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
GB → hasLocalLanguages → Khowar ⓘ
Dardic languages → hasSubgroup → Khowar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khowar language
Dardic languages → majorLanguage → Khowar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khowar language
Arniya → alternativeNameOf → Khowar ⓘ
Chitrari → alternativeNameOf → Khowar ⓘ
Chitrali → alternativeNameOf → Khowar ⓘ
Chitrali → hasAlternativeName → Khowar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitrali Khowar