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Hindkowans (Hindko: هِندکوان) are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Pothohar Plateau and Azad Kashmir regions. However an indeterminate number have left the region and now live in other parts of South Asia such as Indian-controlled Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistani-controlled Azad Kashmir. Hindkowans mainly inhabit Peshawar Hazara region. In Afghanistan they are known as Hindkis.Hindkowans have mixed origins and almost all speak Hindko as the first language.

language
Hindko dialect
population place
Pakistan
related
Kashmiri Pandit, Punjabi people, Tribes and clans of the Pothohar Plateau, Kashmiri Muslims, Hazarewal
religion
Hindu, Sikh, Sunni Islam, Christian, Folk religion

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