Kho people
The Kho (/koʊ/, Khowar: کھو) or Chitrali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan. They speak an Indo-Aryan language called Khowar.
کھو | |
---|---|
Total population | |
c. 800,000 (2021) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan | |
Languages | |
Khowar | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Hanafi Sunni Islam Minority Ismaili Shia Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Indo-Aryan peoples |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.