| Chitrali | |
|---|---|
| چترالی زبان | |
 | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Chitral District |
| Ethnicity | Chitralis |
Native speakers | 580,000 (2004) |
| Nastaliq alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ELP | Khowar |
Chitrali language (Urdu:چترالی زبان) is a Dardic language. It is spoken by 332,200 people. These people live in the Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Chitrali language has many loanwords are present from various languages include Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also has words from Sanskrit and Ancient Greek.
The Chitrali alphabet is based on the Arabic alphabet.
| Letter | Name of letter | Transcription | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| ا | alif | ā/aa, a, i, u | /ɑː/, /ə/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/ |
| ب | be | b | /b/ |
| پ | pe | p | /p/ |
| ت | te | t | /t̪/ |
| ٹ | ṭe | ṭ | /ʈ/ |
| ث | se | (s) | /s/ |
| ج | jīm | j | /d͡ʒ/ |
| چ | če | č | /t͡ʃ/ |
| ح | baṛī he | (h) | /h/ |
| خ | xe | x | /x/ |
| د | dāl | d | /d̪/ |
| ڈ | ḍāl | ḍ | /ɖ/ |
| ذ | zāl | (z) | /z/ |
| ر | re | r | /r/ |
| ڑ | ṛe | ṛ | /r~ɫ/ |
| ز | ze | z | /z/ |
| ژ | že | ž/zh | /ʒ/ |
| س | sīn | s | /s/ |
| ش | šīn | š/sh | /ʃ/ |
| ص | su'ād | (s) | /s/ |
| ض | zu'ād | (z) | /z/ |
| ط | to'e | (t) | /t/ |
| ظ | zo'e | (z) | /z/ |
| ع | ‘ain | ', a, i, u | /ʔ/, /ə/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/ |
| غ | ǧain | ǧ/gh | /ɣ/ |
| ف | fe | f | /f/ |
| ق | qāf | q | /q/ |
| ک | kāf | k | /k/ |
| گ | gāf | g | /ɡ/ |
| ل | lām | l | /l/ |
| ڵ | łām | ł | /lʲ/ |
| م | mīm | m | /m/ |
| ن | nūn | n | /n/ |
| ں | nūn ǧunnā | _̃ | /◌̃/ |
| و | wā'o | w, o, au, or ū | /ʋ/, /oː/, /ɔ/ or /uː/ |
| ہ | čoṭī he | h | /h/ |
| ھ | do čašmī he | _h | /ʰ/ |
| ء | hamza | ' | /ʔ/ |
| ى | choti ye | y, ī | /j/ or /iː/ |
| ے | barī ye | ai or e | /ɛː/, or /eː/ |
