Portal:Chitral, Pakistan

Culture | Language | Poets | Chitral | People | Lowari Pass | Chitral Vision | Chitral | Hindu Kush edit   The Chitral, Pakistan Portal Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Chitral or Chetrar (Urdu: چترال‎) (Khowar:چھترار) (Persian: چیترال‎), translated as field in the native language Khowar, is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Kunar River (also called Chitral River), in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, 25,289 ft (7,708 m) high. It has a population of 20,000, while the district (of 14,833 km² or 5,727 sq mi), has a population of 300,000. The altitude of the valley is 3,700 ft (1,100 m). More about Chitral ... edit   Selected article Drapeau Chitral Khowar (کھوار), also known as Chitrali, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch, spoken by 400,000 people in Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan (including the Yasin Valley, Phandar Ishkoman and Gupis), and in parts of Upper Swat. Speakers of Khowar have also migrated heavily to Pakistan's major urban centres with Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, having sizeable populations. It is spoken as a second language in the rest of Gilgit and Hunza. There are believed to be small numbers of Khowar speakers in Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan and Istanbul. Khowar has been influenced by Iranian languages to a greater degree than other Dardic languages, and less by Sanskrit than Shina or the Kohistani languages. John Biddulph (Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh) was among the first westerners to study Khowar and claimed that further research would prove Khowar to be equally derived from "Zend" (Avestan, Old Persian) and Sanskrit. (More...) edit   Selected picture Credit: Rehmat Aziz Chitrali The oldest wooden plate of Chitral, Pakistan edit   Selected biography Professor_Israruddin_Chairman_Department_of_Geography_University_of_Peshawar_Pakistan Professor Israruddin (Urdu: پروفیسر اسرار الدین) commonly known as Israr, is an Urdu and Khowar linguist, researcher, writer, critic, scholar. Khowar Drama Writer and Chairman Department of Geography, University of Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Bibliography Chitral Aik Taaruf Chitral An Introduction Geography of Pakistan Text Book Dron Hanu Khowara poetry book Peshawar University Professor Israruddin is Chairman, Department of Geography, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He has also served this university as a Dean/Professor of the Faculty of Geography. (More...) edit   In the news Wikinews Chitrali Language portal More News about Chitral, Pakistan Chitral_News Chitral_Times Chitral_Today Chitral_Vision Times of Chitral edit   Did you know? A smiling face of Kalash Valleys, Chitral, Pakistan The Kalasha (Kalasha: Kaĺaśa, Nuristani: Kasivo) or Kalash, are indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha language, from the Dardic family of the Indo-Iranian languages, and are considered a unique tribe among the Indo-Aryan peoples of Pakistan edit   Categories ► Chitral, Pakistan no subcategories Culture | Language | Poets | Chitral | People | Lowari Pass | Chitral Vision | Chitral | Hindu Kush edit   WikiProjects Wikipedia:WikiProject Pakistan incubator:Wp/khw/Main_Page Chitrali Language Wikipedia incubator:Wn/khw/Main_Page Chitrali Language Wikinews Sister projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wikipedia:WikiProject Punjab (Pakistan) Wikipedia:WikiProject Sindh Related projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran Wikipedia:WikiProject Afghanistan edit   Wikipedia in local languages Urdu edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pashto edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Persian edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Western Punjabi edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sindh edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Khowar Wikipedia Incubator Project in Chitrali Language edit   Valleys of Chitral, Pakistan Rocks of Chitral Chikar Ataliq Bazar Torkhow | Mulkhow | Chitral | Drosh | Yarkhoon | Mastuj | Marandeh | Khot | Lot Kuh| Birir| Kalash| Bumburet| Rumbur edit   Selected panorama Panorama of Shadandur Valley, Khot, Torkhow, Chitral Pakistan Shadandur Valley is sitituated in Khot, Torkhow, Chitral Pakistan Photo credit: Rehmat Aziz Chitrali edit   Topics edit   Related portals Religion: Christianity • Hinduism • Islam • Zoroastrianism Geography: Asia • Pakistan Sports: Cricket Politics: Government of Pakistan Faisalabad Islamabad Chitral Karachi Lahore Sialkot edit   What are portals? List of portals Featured portals