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| | Towards a Sociolinguistic Profile of the Khowar Language |
 | | In upper Chitral, the acknowledged homeland of the language (Morgenstierne, 1936:660), Khowar is spoken almost exclusively-- with the exception of a small population of Wakhi-speakers in the upper reaches of the Yarkhun valley. |
 | | Khowar is an Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan (Indic) language of the Northern India, Dardic, Chitral sub-group (Morgenstierne, 1961:138-39; Emeneau, 1966; Strand, 1973:302; Voegelin and Voegelin, 1965, 1977:165; Ruhlen, 1987:325). |
 | | Although it was not a written language, it was the language of the royal family and was used "for all oral official communications" (emphasis mine) (Morgenstierne, 1932:46). |
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