Northern Hindko

Northern Hindko
Hazarvi Hindko
اتَرُی ہنَدْکوَ‎, ਹਾਜ਼ਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Native toPakistan
RegionHazara Division, Peshawar, Kohat, Abbottabad
EthnicityHindkowan
Native speakers
5 million (2022)
Indo-European
Shahmukhi, Gurmukhi (original)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
hnpb – Hazarvi Hindko
Glottologhind1271
The proportion of people with Hindko Panjabi as their mother tongue in each Pakistani District as of the 2017 Pakistan Census

Northern Hindko or Hazarvi Hindko is a dialect of the Hindko language spoken in the Hazara Division. It is the most widely spoken variety of Hindko and very similar to the variety spoken in the Attock District.

References

  1. ↑ "The strange and little-known case of Hindko". 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.