Chitrali language

Chitrali
Chitrali
چترالی زبان‎
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Chitral District
Ethnicity	Chitralis
Native speakers	580,000 (2004)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Chitrali; ; ; ;
Writing system	Nastaliq alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ELP	Khowar

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.

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Letter	Name of letter	Transcription	IPA
ا‎	alif	ā/aa, a, i, u	/ɑː/, /ə/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/
ب‎	be	b	/b/
پ‎	pe	p	/p/
ت‎	te	t	/t̪/
ٹ‎	ṭe	ṭ	/ʈ/
ث‎	se	(s)	/s/
ج‎	jīm	j	/d͡ʒ/
چ‎	če	č	/t͡ʃ/
ح‎	baṛī he	(h)	/h/
خ‎	xe	x	/x/




د‎	dāl	d	/d̪/
ڈ‎	ḍāl	ḍ	/ɖ/
ذ‎	zāl	(z)	/z/
ر‎	re	r	/r/
ڑ‎	ṛe	ṛ	/r~ɫ/
ز‎	ze	z	/z/
ژ‎	že	ž/zh	/ʒ/

س‎	sīn	s	/s/
ش‎	šīn	š/sh	/ʃ/

ص‎	su'ād	(s)	/s/
ض‎	zu'ād	(z)	/z/
ط‎	to'e	(t)	/t/
ظ‎	zo'e	(z)	/z/
ع‎	‘ain	', a, i, u	/ʔ/, /ə/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/
غ‎	ǧain	ǧ/gh	/ɣ/
ف‎	fe	f	/f/
ق‎	qāf	q	/q/
ک‎	kāf	k	/k/
گ‎	gāf	g	/ɡ/
ل‎	lām	l	/l/
ڵ‎	łām	ł	/lʲ/
م‎	mīm	m	/m/
ن‎	nūn	n	/n/
ں‎	nūn ǧunnā	_̃	/◌̃/
و‎	wā'o	w, o, au, or ū	/ʋ/, /oː/, /ɔ/ or /uː/
ہ‎	čoṭī he	h	/h/
ھ‎	do čašmī he	_h	/ʰ/
ء‎	hamza	'	/ʔ/
ى‎	choti ye	y, ī	/j/ or /iː/
ے‎	barī ye	ai or e	/ɛː/, or /eː/

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