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'''[[Chitral district|Chitral]]''' is a place of great language diversity. The official languages are [[Urdu]] and [[English language|English]], though [[Khowar]] is the most spoken language. Most languages in Chitral are either [[Dardic languages]], [[Iranic languages]], or [[Nuristani languages]]. Around 24 languages are spoken in Chitral<ref>https://lowerchitral.kp.gov.pk/page/about</ref> including [[Central Asian Arabic]], [[Balti language|Balti]], [[Burushaski]], [[Dameli language|Dameli]], [[Domaaki language|Domaaki]], [[Dari|Dari Farsi]], [[Dangariwar dialect|Dangariwar]], [[Gawar-Bati]], [[Kalasha-mun]], [[Kalkoti language|Kalkoti]], [[Kamviri]], [[Indus Kohistani|Kohistani]], [[Khowar]], [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]], [[Madaklashti]], [[Munji language|Munji]], [[Palula language|Palula]], [[Shekhani dialect|Shekhani]], [[Shina language|Shina]], [[Torwali language|Torwali]], [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]], [[Ushoji language|Ushoji]], [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]], [[Wakhi language|Wakhi]], and [[Yidgha language|Yidgha]].

Norwegian linguist [[Georg Morgenstierne]] wrote that Chitral is the area of the greatest linguistic diversity in the world.<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Notes_on_Phal%C5%AB%E1%B9%9Ba.html?id=BQz4tgEACAAJ</ref>

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