Hindko | ||||
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ہندکو Hindko | ||||
Native to | Pakistan | |||
Region | Punjab Province (Attock District), Kohat, Peshawar | |||
Native speakers | (625,000 cited 1981) | |||
Language family | ||||
Dialects | Hazarewal Hindko (which has further subdivisions) Peshawari | |||
Writing system | Nasta'liq script | |||
Language codes | ||||
ISO 639-3 | hnd (Southern Hindko) | |||
Hindko (ہندکو pronounced [/Hindkoŭ/], also Hindku or Hinko,) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 5 million people in Pakistan. Most of them are found in Hazara (a region of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), but there are also speakers in other parts of the province (such as Kohat and Peshawar). There are also speakers in Azad Kashmir and in north-western Punjab. Hazara Hindko is the standard variety of Hindko.