Khowar is the language spoken by the people of Chitral District in Pakistan's North West Frontier Provence. It is an ancient language of the Indo-Iranian family and in its modern manifestation includes many vocabulary words taken from Persian and Arabic. This language lesson was given to me by vaious member of an Ismaili family in northern Chitral district. I have written out the words phonetically.

Chitrali Zoban – Chitrali Language, Khowar language

Hot / cold – peche / ushak
Flatbread – chapiq
Butter – maska
Egg – ayucun
Tomato – tatingil
Raw rice – girinje
Cooked rice – Pah 'ti
Apple – pa'lokgh
Pear – tong
Salt – trup
House – dur
Room – khatan
Very good – bo jam
Village – day
Trail/road – pon
Man / woman – mosh / kimeri
Do help me – masu madat korei
This good village is named..? – jam day sher…?
Is this the trail to Barsat? – hayat Barsat-toh pon na?