کھو | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total population | |
| c. 800,000 (2021)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan | |
| Languages | |
| Khowar | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Hanafi Sunni Islam[2] Minority Ismaili Shia Islam[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Indo-Aryan peoples |
The Kho (/koʊ/,[3] Khowar: کھو), or Chitrali people,[4] are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group[5] native to the Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and the Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Gilgit-Baltistan.[6] They speak an Indo-Aryan language called Khowar.[7]
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- ^ O'Leary, Clare F.; Rensch, Calvin Ross; Decker, Sandra J. (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Languages of Chitral. National Institute of Pakistan /* Location and demographics */ at Quaid-i-Azam University. p. 22.
- ^ Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (16 May 2013). Islamic Reform in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-107-27667-3.
- ^ Olson, James Stuart (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-313-28853-1.
The Kho people are the most important ethnic group in the Chitral region of northern Pakistan. They are an Indo-Aryan people who are Muslims, primarily Sunnis of the Hanafi tradition.
- ^ "Khowar". Ethnologue.
- ^ "Khowar". Ethnologue.