Khowarn.
/ˈkəʊwɑː/ A Dardic language spoken in Chitral in north-west Pakistan. Also attributive or as adj.
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1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 9/2 Their [sc. inhabitants of Chitral's] language, Khowâr, is closely allied to the dialects of the Kafir tribes.
1950 T. Longstaff This my Voy. x. 199 The singing must be in Khowar, the tongue of Chitral, which sounds like Romany.
1964 Language 40 304 A native Khowar speaker.
1967 D. S. Parlett Short Dict. Lang. 73 Khowar.., 7 th[ousand] speakers of a dialect in N.W. India related to Kalash and probably (less closely) to Kafir.
1974 ‘S. Harvester’ Forgotten Road i. 11 He had a working acquaintance with dialects of most Kafir valley tribes, even Khowar and the almost extinct Domali language.
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