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| dardic languages | |
| pre islamic heritage of pakistan | |
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Khowar is clearly an Indo-European Language , as demonstrated by the following:
Like all the other Dardic languages, Khowar may be an Indo-Aryan language(yet to be ascertained), but unlike most Indo-Aryan languages which are derived from Sanskrit, Khowar may be derived from Old Indo-Aryan. Khowar has also been influenced by Iranic languages to a greater degree than other Dardic languages. Colonel Biddulph(Tirbes of the Hindoo Koosh) was amongst the first westerners to study Khowar and claimed that further research would prove Khowar to be equally derived from Zend (Avestan, Old Iranian) and Sanskrit. The is the area of the greatest linguistic diversity in the world. Although Khowar is the predominant language of Chitral, more than ten other languages are spoken here. These include Kalasha , Phalura , Dameli , Gawar-Bati , Nuristani , Yidgha , Burushaski , Gujar , Wakhi , Kyrgyz , Persian and Pashto . Since many of these languages have no written form, letters are usually written in Urdu or Persian . BOOKS
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