Hindko is a member of Northwestern Lahnda branch of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is spoken by about 3.57 million people in the northwest of Pakistan, particularly in the Muzaffarabad district of Azad Kashmir Province, and in the Abbotabad and Mansehra districts of the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkwa Province. Hindko is referred to as a group of Lahnda dialects or as a separate language.
Hindko is also known as Northern Hindko, Hazara Hindko, Kagani, Kaghan or Hindki, and people who speak it are known as Hindki, Hindkun or Hindkowan. Hindko is written with the Arabic script using a spelling system based on Punjabi created by Rehmat Aziz Chitrali at the Khowar Academy in Chitral. It is used in literature and the media.
Another variety of Hindko: Southern Hindko, is spoken by about 1.17 million people in the Kohat and Peshawar districts of Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, and in the Attock and Hazara districts of Punjab province.
There are different literary standards for Northern Hindko and Southern Hindko. The former is based of the Abbottabad dialect, while the latter is based on the Peshawari dialect.
Download an alphabet chart for Hindko (Excel)
الف اول ہے عالم ہست سی او
ہاتف آپ پکاریا بسمہ اللہ
فیر قلم نوں حکم نوشت ہویا
ہس کے قلم سر ماریا بسمہ اللہ
نقشہ لوح محفوظ دے وچ سینے
قلم صاف اتاریا بسمہ اللہ
اس تحریر نوں پڑھ کے فرشتیاں نے
سائیاں شکر گزاریا بسمہ اللہ
Alif-Awal hai Alam e hast sī o
Hātif āp pukārā Bismillah
Fīr Qalam nū̃ hukum e Nawišt hoyā
Hus ke qalam sir māriyā Bismillah
Naqšā Loh e Mahfūz dai wic sine
Qalam sāf utāriyā Bismillah
Is Tahrīr nū̃ paṛah ke Farištiyā̃ ne
Sāiyā̃ Šukar guzāriyā Bismillah
He is the foremost from the world of existence
Voice of the unseen exclaimed Bismillah
The pen was ordered to write
Pen carried out the order to write Bismillah
When angels read this composition
Saaieaan, they showed their thankfulness with Bismillah
Details provided by Michael Peter Füstumum
Information about Hindko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindko
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hno
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hnd
https://www.hindko.org/en/welcome
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Page created: 06.05.23. Last modified: 09.06.24
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