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Chitral is the northernmost district in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and is a former Princely State. Despite being in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chitral is not a Pashtun area. Chitral shares much of its history and culture with the neighboring territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Norwegian Linguist Georg Morgenstierne wrote that Chitral is the area of the greatest linguistic diversity in the world. Khowar is the majority language of Chitral District but more than 14 other languages are also spoken in Chitral.

More then 14 different languages are spoken in Chitral including Sarikoli, Kalasha, Persian (Madaklashti, Dari), Kamkata-Vari ( Kumviri,Mumviri),Goshti, Guri, Gojri, Ursoonwar, Pashto, Balti, Burushaski, Dameli, Domaaki, Dangariwar, Gawar-bati, Kalkoti, Khowar, Kygryz, Munji, Palula, Yidgha, Wakhi, Shina, Tajik.

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References

  1. ^ "About". lowerchitral.kp.gov.pk. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. "14 languages spoken in Chitral". PAMIR TIMES. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. "14 languages spoken in Chitral". PAMIR TIMES. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2022-04-18.


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