Chitrali language

Chitrali language (Urdu:چترالی زبان) is a Dardic language. It is spoken by 332,200 people.  These people live in the Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Loanwords
Chitrali language has many loanwords are present from various languages include Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also has words from Sanskrit and Ancient Greek.

Alphabet

The Chitrali alphabet is based on the Arabic alphabet.

 Letter  Name of letter  Transcription  IPA   alif  ā/aa, a, i, u  , , ,    be  b     pe  p     te  t     ṭe  ṭ     se  (s)     jīm  j     če  č     baṛī he  (h)     xe  x                 dāl  d     ḍāl  ḍ     zāl  (z)     re  r     ṛe  ṛ     ze  z     že ž/zh        sīn  s     šīn š/sh        su'ād  (s)     zu'ād  (z)     to'e  (t)     zo'e  (z)     ‘ain  ', a, i, u  , , ,    ǧain ǧ/gh     fe  f     qāf  q    kāf  k     gāf  g     lām  l     łām  ł     mīm  m     nūn  n     nūn ǧunnā  _̃     wā'o  w, o, au, or ū  , ,  or   čoṭī he  h     do čašmī he  _h     hamza  '     choti ye  y, ī   or    barī ye  ai or e  , or 

Related pages
Shina language
Brokpa tribe

More reading

 Elena Bashir, (2001) Spatial Representation in Khowar. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
 Kendall D. Decker, (1992) Languages of Chitral   
 Erik L’Homme, (1999) Parlons Khowar. Langue et culture de l’ancien royaume de Chitral au Pakistan. Paris: L’Harmattan
 Georg Morgenstierne, (1936) Iranian Elements in Khowar. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies,  Vol. VIII, London.
 Badshah munir Bukhari (2001) Khowar language. University publisher.Pakistan
 Georg Morgenstierne, (1947) Some Features of Khowar Morphology. Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, Vol. XIV, Oslo.
 Georg Morgenstierne, (1957) Sanskritic Words in Khowar. Felicitation Volume Presented to S.K. Belvalkar. Benares. 84-98 [Reprinted in Morgenstierne (1973): Irano-Dardica, 267-72]
 Mohammad Ismail Sloan (1981) Khowar-English Dictionary. Peshawar. .
References

Category:Dardic languages
Category:Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Category:Chitral District