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ISO 639-3 · khwkhw
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Khowar
کھووار
Khowar is a language, spoken in Pakistan. Wikidata counts about 290,000 speakers (2004). Wikidata describes it as “Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic group spoken in Chitral and Gilgit region of Pakistan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
khw- Glottocode
khow1242- Family
- unclassified
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 45 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
—levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Khowar · کھووار |
|---|---|
| Also called | Arnia, Patu, Chitrali language, Qashqari language |
| All speakers | 290,000 (2004) |
| Written in | Arabic script, Khowar alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Pakistan
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