Eastern Kata-vari | |
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شیخانی (Shekhani) | |
Native to | Pakistan |
Region | Lutkuh Valley (Gobor, Shekhandeh, Rumbur, Badogar, and Urtsun), Upper Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2003)[1][2] |
Indo-European
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Khowar alphabet (Perso-Arabic) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Eastern Kata-vari also locally known as Shekhani is a variety of the Kata-vari language spoken in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[3] The Kamviri language is also known as Shekhani. The Khowar name for the dialect is Sheikhwar[4] which means "Language of the Sheikhs or converts."[5] Some linguists consider Shekhani or Eastern Kata-vari a different language due to the isolation from other Nuristani languages other than Kamviri.[6][7] Kamviri Shekhani is different than Eastern Kata-vari which is also called Shekhani.[8]
In August 2022, Pakistani linguist, Rehmat Aziz Chitrali proposed a keyboard to Khowar Academy, Chitral.[9]
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