Dards

Dardic peoples
Regions with significant populations
	Northern Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); Northwestern India (Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh); Eastern Afghanistan (Kapisa, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Nuristan)
Languages
	Dardic languages
Religion
	Predominantly: Islam (Sunni, Shia and Sofia Noorbakhshia); Minority: Hinduism, Ancient Hinduism/Animism (Kalash people)
Related ethnic groups
	Other Indo-Aryan peoples

The Dards are a group of Indo-Aryan people living in Northern Pakistan, Northern India, and Eastern Afghanistan who speak the Dardic languages. A very small minority also live in Xinjiang, China and Tajikistan. Dardic is a geographical phrase, not a ethnic or linguistic one. It is not used by any of its speakers. Dardic languages are mostly Indic, but have a huge amount Iranian loanwords from Pashto, Yidgha, or Ormuri.

References

↑ "Introduction to Dardistan".
↑ Harris, Ian Charles (1994). Longman Guide to Living Religions. Stockton. ISBN 978-1-56159-089-6.
↑ The India Magazine of Her People and Culture. A. H. Advani. 1993.
↑ "Dards, Dardistan, and Dardic: an Ethnographic, Geographic, and Linguistic Conundrum". www.mockandoneil.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
↑ Kellner, Birgit (2019-10-08). Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality: New Approaches. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-041314-4.

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[1] "Introduction to Dardistan".

[2] Harris, Ian Charles (1994). Longman Guide to Living Religions. Stockton. ISBN 978-1-56159-089-6.

[3] The India Magazine of Her People and Culture. A. H. Advani. 1993.

[4] "Dards, Dardistan, and Dardic: an Ethnographic, Geographic, and Linguistic Conundrum". www.mockandoneil.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.

[5] Kellner, Birgit (2019-10-08). Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality: New Approaches. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-041314-4.