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Khowar
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English
Proper noun
An Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic languages Dardic branch, spoken by the Kho people.
en Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 17 1885 In those languages are, (1) Boorishki or Khajuna, the language of the Boorish or Yeshkuns, which is spoken in Hunza, Nager, and Yassin, (2) Shina, the language of the Shins which is spoken in the Gilgit Valley, (3) Khowar, the language of Chitral. https://books.google.com/books?id=vwRp8-H9NxsC&dq=%22khowar%22&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q=%22khowar%22&f=false 89
en Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Magnus Marsden Few people in Rowshan regularly read Khowar works, however, and their attitudes towards the value of written Khowar are ambivalent. https://books.google.com/books?id=7q9lLQ8QqM8C&lpg=PA92&dq=%22khowar%22&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q=%22khowar%22&f=false 2005
en The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide Hans Henrich Hock 2016 Morgenstierne 1936 is a foundational article for Khowar etymological studies. It discusses four layers of historical accretion of Iranian lexical elements in Khowar: words from (a) unidentified Ir sources, (b) Pamir languages, mainly Wakhi, (c) Middle Ir. languages, and (4) numerous words from New Persia. https://books.google.com/books?id=0iFBDAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT339&dq=%22Khowar%22&pg=PT339#v=onepage&q=%22Khowar%22&f=false
Synonyms
en Chitrali
en Arniya
Translations
language
Hindi: hi खोवार f, hi चित्राली f, hi अरनिया f
Khowar: khw کھوار
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