Indo-European · ISO 639-3 hno
Northern Hindko Language Hindko
Northern Hindko is an Indo-European language spoken by about 4.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script.
Where Northern Hindko is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Northern Hindko
Language family
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
- Continental Indo-Aryan
- Indo-Aryan Northwestern zone
- Sindhi-Lahnda
- Greater Panjabic
- Hindko-Siraiki
- Hindko
- Northern Hindko
Writing system
Perso-Arabic script
Related languages
About the Northern Hindko language
Northern Hindko (Hindko) is spoken by about 4.0 million people, which makes it the 208th most spoken language in the world — just behind Banjar (4.0 million) and ahead of S'gaw Karen (4.0 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Hindko group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Northern Hindko spoken?
Northern Hindko is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Pakistan (4.3 million).
Northern Hindko is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Northern Hindko is written in the Perso-Arabic script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Saraiki, Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Pahari-Potwari, Sindhi, Hindi and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 hno.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.