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	Hindko language
		The word "Hindko" literally translates to "Indian Mountains." or more appropraitely as "Mountains of the Indus country." The word "Hind" is the Persianized reference to the regions associated with the Indus River immediately to the east of Persia and "Ko" means mountains.
		The main group who speak Hindko are referred to by many academics (and in publications such as the EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica) as Punjabi Pathans, also known as Hindkowans, as they show substantial intermingling with Pashtuns who comprise the majority in most of the regions inhabited by northern speakers of Hindko.
		In the northeast, Hindko is the dominant language both in terms of domain of usage and in terms of the number of speakers, whereas in the southwest, Pashto seems to be advancing in those same areas.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DHindko%26type%3Den (892 words)

	Hindko (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hindko is an ancient language spoken in the Indian subcontinent.
		It is spoken in the areas of North West Frontier Province, Hazara, Punjab and Kashmir.
		Hindko is believed to be closely related to Prakrit.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/hi/hindko.html (0 words)

	Informat.io on Hindko Language
		Hindko is an ancient language spoken in northern Pakistan.
		The main group who speak Hindko are referred to by many academics (and in publications such as the Encyclopædia Britannica) as Punjabi Pashtuns, also known as Hindkowans, as they show substantial intermingling with Pashtuns who comprise the majority in most of the regions inhabited by northern speakers of Hindko.
		The term Hindko is often used to refer to the speakers of the Hindko language, but in popular usage it may designate the language as well.
	www.informat.io /?title=hindko-language (0 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The largest geographically contiguous group of Hindko speakers is concentrated in the districts of state Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Attock and Kaghan valley of Pakistan, while there are a substantial number of geographically isolated speakers of Hindko in cities like Peshawar, Mardan and Kohat.
		Farigh Bukhari and South Asian language expert and historian Christopher Shackle believe that Hindko was a generic term applied to the Indo-Aryan dialect continuum in the northwest frontier territories and adjacent district of Attock in the Punjab province to differentiate it from Pashto.
		Hindko is also spoken by some Pathans who moved to northern India after the partition.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Hindko (1083 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion
		It is established that Hindko is a dominant language in the divisions of Hazara and Dera Ismail Khan and is spoken widely in areas of Peshawar, Kohat and Bannu.
		It is widely believed that Hindko is spoken by at least 50 percent of the population of the province.
		Hindko is an ancient language that was spoken in Gandhara- the present day Afghanistan, NWFP and western parts of the Punjab.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Letters/98/Feb/20/02.html (0 words)

	December 4
		The notion that Hindko is a dialect of Punjabi was rejected as according to an epitaph written in Khurashti script that was excavated from a well in Taxila, the Hindko language is as old as 5,000 years.
		Hindko should be inserted in the mother tongue column of the census form in the next population count.
		Hindko speaking members of the NWFP Assembly should be allowed to address in Hindko and the assembly proceedings should also be recorded in their mother tongue.
	www.apnaorg.com /articles/dawn-15 (0 words)

	September 11
		Hindko is a mega-language, which contains elements of almost all languages spoken on both sides of the river Indus -- from Gujri to Gujrati and including Punjabi, Potohari, Seraiki and Sindhi.
		Hindko is, in fact, this Sindko as the word has changed under the influence of Persian.
		Hindko, therefore, is not mainly the language of Peshawar as is generally thought of.
	www.apnaorg.com /articles/news-3 (0 words)

	Official website of Gandhara Hindko Board
		The Hindko language is one of the two main languages of the North West Frontier Province, which is known in the history as Gandhara.
		Both the publications are popular with the Hindko readers and are serving as a reference material for all those interested in knowing different aspects of Hindko language and Hindkowan culture.
		Gandhara Hindko Board believes in respect for and due attention to all the languages native to NWFP.
	www.hindko.pk (341 words)

	The Pathan's of Chach - GupShup Forums
		Hindko is a language, which can be traced back to the Gandhara civilisation.
		Hindko is now the dominant language in Attock, and Pashto is hardly ever spoken amongst the settled inhabitants.
		There is conflicting theory on whether Pashto or Hindko is the original language of the area, as many Chachi's state that their elders used to speak Pashto.
	www.paklinks.com /gs/showthread.php?t=143361 (0 words)

	hindko: Gandhara Hindko Board observes Mother Tongue Day
		The Secretary for the Gandhara Hindko Board, Mohammad Ziauddin, and a researcher at the Frontier Languages Institute, Inamullah Torwal jointly conducted the progarmme which is held every year.
		The Gandhara Hindko Board is an active body that has been working since 1993 for the preservation and promotion of Hindko which is the second main language of the province.
		The board has revived the tradition of open-air Hindko mushairas (poetry reading session) which used to be a common feature of the Walled City of Peshawar in the early part of the 20th century.
	hindko.livejournal.com /21725.html (0 words)

	Shah Rukh, Dilip Kumar invited to Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hindko is an ancient language spoken in northern Pakistan, mainly in the North West Frontier Province, Punjab and Kashmir by an estimated 2.2 million people.
		Gull regretted that though it was the second largest language after Pashto in the region, Hindko still lacked official patronage.
		He said the Literary Academy of Pakistan had in 1987 formally approved the formation of a Hindko Academy, but the resolution still awaited implementation.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?id=4784 (0 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion
		Chairman of the Gandhara Hindko Board Professor Dr Zahoor Awan said that the struggle and literary achievements of Farigh could not be encompassed in a two or three hours-long sitting, adding his struggle was long and arduous.
		He said a thesis was being written on Farigh in the Peshawar University, and it would be published soon by the board to highlight the works of a great progressive poet who remained a beacon of hope for others, but suffered a lot throughout his life.
		He said he had written the biography of his late father while he was in jail, and the Hindko poetry of his father had now been published by the Gandhara Hindko Board.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Opinion/2003/Dec03/19/08.html (0 words)

	Hindko Bazaar
		To this very day, the melodic sounds of Hindko can still be heard in the narrow streets and alleys of the colorful Hindko bazaar in the old city.
		Hindko is recognized even by speakers of its neighboring languages as a sweet language, well suited to reciting poetry, singing love songs, or chatting among friends.
		From Peshawar to Abbottabad to Muzzafarabad, Hindko is a thriving, vital language used in every aspect of life by those who call it their mother-tongue.
	asia.geocities.com /hindkoproject/index.htm (160 words)

	Hindko language - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page.
		It is spoken in the areas of North West Frontier Province(including Hazara), Punjab and Kashmir.
		You can find it there under the keyword Hindko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindko)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindkoandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hindko (0 words)

	Press Releases: South Asia: Earthquake - Oct 2005, Pakistan: Gandhara Hindko Board holds free medical camp in quake hit ...
		The Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary, cultural and social welfare organization, held another free medical camp at the quake-hit area of Balakot to extend treatment to the survivors of the deadly October 8, 2005 tremor.
		The two-day camp was held at the residence of a local physiotherapist, Khursheed Ahmad, who is settled in the Michigan state of the USA and has been in his hometown after the devastating earthquake hit this area and other parts of Azad Kashmir, last year.
		It may be mentioned here that the Gandhara Hindko Board has already held two free medical camps, one each at Balakot and Muzaffarabad on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6LKKH8?OpenDocument (0 words)

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		Hindko is an ancient language spoken in northern Pakistan, mainly in the North West Frontier Province, Punjab and Kashmir by an estimated 2.2 million people.
		Hindko speakers are commonly referred to as Punjabi Pathans or simply Pathans.
		Gull regretted that though it was the second largest language after Pashto in the region, Hindko still lacked official patronage.
	www.paktribune.com /ezone/newsdetails.php?id=125128 (334 words)

	Hindko's Dr Elahi Bakhsh Akhtar Awan - GupShup Forums
		Sitting cross-legged and tight-lipped on the carpet was Faqir Hussain Sahir who retired last year as station director of Peshawar radio and was reemployed as advisor on Hindko programmes.
		Journalist Iffat Siddiqi spoke excellent Hindko but surprisingly she chose to pen down her impressions in Urdu.
		She was by far the only participant who took the maximum number of snapshots of the chief guest as well as the audience.
	www.paklinks.com /gs/showthread.php?t=139618 (0 words)

	An Intangible Heritage [Archive] - Hujra: Pakhtun's global community
		Before the term Hindko whether it was Lhanda or some other language, would you please let me know if there is any mention of the name Hindko for the language in its four thousands years' history, as you claim.
		You are talking of Hindko Civilization, so you are right but it would be an addition to my knowledge if you kindly let me know as to which nation, Hindko could be associated with so that one may say easily that Hindko is the language of such and such race and ethnicity.
		Speaking Hindko or seraiki does not make them non Afghans or non pashtuns, same is true for Afghans living in the city who assimilated in local environment and change accordingly,but majority of them was and is of Afghan origin.(Pakhtoons).
	www.khyberwatch.com /forums/archive/index.php?t-74.html (0 words)

	Pakistani languages other than Urdu- Guidelines and Priorities: South Asian Language and Resource Center
		The next priority appears to be for development of materials for Panjabi as spoken in Pakistan, and for the closely related Siraiki and Hindko.
		It must be remembered that, with the exception of Siraiki and Hindko, each of them is spoken in at least one neighboring country--Baluchi in Iran and Afghanistan, Pashto in Afghanistan, Panjabi and Sindhi in India.
		It was agreed that the most productive strategy in the case of languages enjoying less demand would be to develop databases of texts, plus (where possible) audio and video files, together with the coordinates of scholars working on them who would be willing to be contacted by others.
	salrc.uchicago.edu /grants/guidelines/pakistani.shtml (765 words)

	Efforts to preserve Hindko praised -DAWN - National; November 06, 2006
		Highlighting the Hindko language’s historical heritage, he praised the board’s work on self-help basis that was supposed to be done by the government-run departments.
		We are working to promote the Hindko language to compensate for the apathy shown to this language in the past,” he said.
		In the end, a Hindko singer, Saeed Paras, entertained the audience with his rendition of the Hindko mystic poet Sain Ahmad Ali’s verses.
	www.dawn.com /2006/11/06/nat8.htm (230 words)

	Hindko board activities praised -DAWN - National; July 19, 2005
		Enumerating the achievements of the board at a function, Hindko writers and poets said the board had successfully held 350 literary sittings over the past eight years.
		Board general secretary Mohammad Ziauddin said the objective of holding literary sittings was to critically analyze the Hindko literature being produced under different genres, find out new writers/poets and bring to the fore the work of seniors.
		He said the first such sitting was held at Gulbahar on July 16, 1997 under eminent Hindko poet, writer and research scholar Mukhtar Ali Nayyar.
	www.dawn.com /2005/07/19/nat30.htm (169 words)

	The Statesman
		It was until that time a Hindko-speaking city and the culture and traditions of the city were solidly based on Hindko language.
		There is archeological evidence that Hindko language, as it is spoken through the province, was the language spoken in its ancient form in Gandhara that included wide swaths of present-day Punjab, NWFP and Eastern Afghanistan.
		Tarikh-e-Farishtah is considered an authoritative source on the history of Pushtuns and it has been quoted by many Pushtun researchers (Preshan Khattak, Roshan Khan Roshan and Zafar Kakakhel among others) in their work on the origins of Pushtuns.
	www.statesman.com.pk /amjad/am2.htm (0 words)

	General Pervez Musharraf - News & Events: Latest News & Events
		The Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary, cultural and social welfare organization, held another free medical camp at the quake-hit area of Balakot to extend treatment to the survivors of the deadly October 8, 2005 tremor.
		The two-day camp was held at the residence of a local physiotherapist, Khursheed Ahmad, who is settled in the Michigan state of the USA and has been in his hometown after the devastating earthquake hit this area and other parts of Azad Kashmir, last year.
		It may be mentioned here that the Gandhara Hindko Board has already held two free medical camps, one each at Balakot and Muzaffarabad on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.
	www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk /NewsEventsDetail.aspx?NewsEventID=2922 (277 words)

	Languages of Northern Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Speakers of eleven languages, Khowar, Palula, Dameli, Kalasha, and Gawar-bati, languages spoken in Chitral district, Torwali, Gawri, and Gojri, languages of Swat, Ormuri of South Waziristan and Pashai of Afghanistan along with Pashto and Hindko speakers jointly celebrated the mother tongue day.
		They made a short walk holding banners demanding the development of the lesser-known languages spoken in the area.
		Following the walk participants were invited to join a meeting hosted by the Gandhara Hindko Adabi Board, Pakistan.
	www.fli-online.org /mother_tongue_day.htm (0 words)

	The Hindko of Pakistan
		They speak an Indo-Aryan language, also called Hindko, that is divided into two sub-groups, Northern and Southern, as well as a number of dialects, including Kaghani.
		The Hindko generally marry within their own clans, and cross cousin marriages are preferred.
		The Hindko are 99% Muslim, with approximately 1% of each subgroup being Christian.
	www.prayway.com /unreached/clusters/8098.html (0 words)

	Joshua Project 2000 - Hindko, Northern (Kaghani) Profile
		Joshua Project 2000 - Hindko, Northern (Kaghani) Profile
		Ministry commitment and activity registrations are now being handled on the Joshua Project website.
		You will be transferred to the Joshua Project registration form.
	www.ad2000.org /peoples/jpl1486.htm (105 words)

	The News - International
		A large number of relatives, friends and Hindko poets, writers and researchers attended his funeral.
		The late Rohaila was a seasoned Hindko poet famous for Harfis, a genre of Hindko poetry.
		He was a disciple of Ustad Ghulam Rasool Ghail, a noted Hindko poet and founding member of Bazm-e-Shaoor-e-Hindko.
	www.thenews.com.pk /daily_detail.asp?id=21905 (0 words)

	Punjabi.net discussions chat forums
		My language (Hindko) is no where near like the punjabi spoken in Central Punjab and Indian Punjab.
		I know people who live in Bradford (England) whos elders spoke Hindko but because they are outnumbered by Mirpuri and Punjabis, they hear Punjabi language on TV, Radio etc and have started using the same words.
		I hear so many words in Hindko which i've never heared punjabis using, but at the same time i've never used it myself.
	punjabi.net /talk/messages/1/42827.html?998021784 (0 words)

	SOUTH ASIA LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The next priority appears to be for development of materials for Panjabi as spoken in Pakistan, and for the closely related Siraiki and Hindko.
		There continues to be a certain amount of publication in Panjabi, Siraiki, and Hindko.
		of Siraiki and Hindko, each of them is spoken in at least one neighboring country--Baluchi in Iran and Afghanistan, Pashto in Afghanistan, Panjabi and Sindhi in India.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /salrc/otherlangs/spooner2.htm (0 words)

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