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In the 2017 census of Pakistan, 5.1 million people declared their language to be Hindko, [1] while a 2020 estimate placed the number of speakers at 7 million. [2] Hindko to some extent is mutually intelligible with Punjabi and Saraiki, [5] and has more affinities with the latter than with the former. [8]
Illustration of a Hindki in Peshawar in the book “An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul” (1815) by Mountstuart Elphinstone.. Hindkowans, [1] [2] also known as the Hindki, [3] [4] is a contemporary designation for speakers of Indo-Aryan languages who live among the neighbouring Pashtuns, [5] [2] particularly the speakers of various Hindko dialects of Western Punjabi (Lahnda).
Hindko is the most spoken language of Hazara Division followed by Kohistani, Shina and various Dardic languages and Pashto. Hindko speaking Hazarewals reside in and form the majority of the Haripur District, Abbottabad District, and Mansehra District. The Hindko speaking population consists of the Syeds, Awans, Gujjars, Tanolis, Swatis, Abbasis ...
The Tanoli (Hindko/Urdu: تنولی، تناولی) are a Hindkowan tribe living mainly in the Hazara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. [1] [2] They form the majority of the population of Lassan Nawab union council. [3] The Tanoli describe themselves as Barlas Turks. They never submitted to the British colonial rule in the 1840s.
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Hindko, also called Panjistani or (ambiguously) Pahari, is more like Punjabi in this regard, though the equivalent of the low-rising tone of Punjabi is a high-falling tone in Peshawar Hindko. [ 12 ] Sindhi, Lahnda and Punjabi form a dialect continuum with no clear-cut boundaries.
Chhachi, Chacchī, [1] or Chachhī [2] (چھاچھی) [citation needed] is a dialect of Punjabi spoken in the region of Chachh. [3] Grierson classified it within his "North-Western Lahndā" group, whereas Shackle considers it part of Hindko "proper", alongside Ghebī and Avāṅkārī .
Hindko and Gujari. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 969-8023-13-5. Shackle, Christopher (1980). "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 43 (3): 482– 510.