Kho people

E282786
Indo-Aryan people ethnic group

The Kho people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the mountainous Chitral region of northern Pakistan, known for their distinct Khowar language and rich cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kho people canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
climateOfRegion mountainous ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culturalPractice pastoralism ⓘ
terrace agriculture ⓘ
transhumance ⓘ
culturalRegion Chitral Valley ⓘ
Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Lower Chitral

Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Upper Chitral
ethnicGroupIn Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
ethnonym Kho ⓘ
knownFor distinct Khowar language ⓘ
mountain culture ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
language Khowar ⓘ
languageBranch Dardic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
nativeTo Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Chitral region

northern Pakistan ⓘ
neighboringGroups Kalash people ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Shina people ⓘ
Wakhi ⓘ
surface form: Wakhi people
populationCenter Chitral Valley ⓘ
surface form: Chitral town

Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Lower Chitral District

Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Upper Chitral District
primaryLanguage Khowar ⓘ
region Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush mountains

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
scriptUsedForLanguage Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture stone and wood houses ⓘ
traditionalDance Chitrali dance ⓘ
traditionalDress Karakul cap ⓘ
surface form: Chitrali cap

woolen cloak ⓘ
traditionalFood dairy products ⓘ
maize-based dishes ⓘ
wheat-based dishes ⓘ
traditionalHeadgear Pakol ⓘ
traditionalInstrument Chitrali sitar ⓘ
Daf (frame drum) ⓘ
Dhol ⓘ
surface form: Dol (drum)
traditionalMusic Chitrali music ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam pre-Islamic polytheism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chitral District → hasEthnicGroup → Kho people ⓘ
Kalash people → neighboringGroup → Kho people ⓘ
Khowar → spokenBy → Kho people ⓘ