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[3] There is a nascent language movement, [4] and in recent decades Hindko-speaking intellectuals have started promoting the view of Hindko as a separate language. [5] There is a literary tradition based on Peshawari, [6] the urban variety of Peshawar in the northwest, and another one based on the language of Abbottabad in the northeast. [7]
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 ...
Pashto is the dominant language of the area, to which Kohati has been losing ground at least since independence of Pakistan. [1] Kohati is closely related to the Hindko dialects to the east: Awankari, Chacchi and Ghebi. [2] It has borrowed words from Pashto to a higher extent than other Hindko dialects. [3]
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.
Basically awankari mean Land of Awans and awankari Dialect is the Language or Dialect Spoken by Awans The rest of this article is based entirely on Hardev Bahri's work of the 1930s. It is possible that the geographic extent, the division into sub-dialects, and the linguistic characteristics might have changed since then.
Mohammad Ibrahim Baig (5 November 1925 – 7 July 2008), known by his pen name Khatir Ghaznavi; romanized: K̲h̲āt̤ir G̲h̲aznavī, was a Pakistani multilingual writer, poet, playwright, research scholar, and director of Pakistan Academy of Letters.
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