Dards
group of Indo-Aryan peoples
The Dards are a group of un-mixed Indo-Aryan people living in Northern Pakistan, Western Jammu & Kashmir, and Eastern Afghanistan who speak the Dardic languages. A very small minority also live in Xinjiang, China and Tajikistan.[4]
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Northern Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Northwestern India (Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh) Eastern Afghanistan (Kapisa, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Nuristan) | |
| Languages | |
| Dardic languages | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Islam (Sunni, Shia and Sofia Noorbakhshia)[1] Minority: Hinduism,[2] Ancient Hinduism/Animism (Kalash people)[3] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Indo-Aryan peoples |
Dardic is a geographical phrase, not a ethnic or linguistic one.[5] It is not used by any of its speakers. Dardic languages are mostly Indic, but have a huge amount Iranian loanwords from Pashto, Yidgha, or Ormuri.
List of Dardic people change
References change
- ↑ "Introduction to Dardistan".
- ↑ Harris, Ian Charles (1994). Longman Guide to Living Religions. Stockton. ISBN 978-1-56159-089-6.
- ↑ The India Magazine of Her People and Culture. A. H. Advani. 1993.
- ↑ "Dards, Dardistan, and Dardic: an Ethnographic, Geographic, and Linguistic Conundrum". www.mockandoneil.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ↑ Kellner, Birgit (2019-10-08). Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality: New Approaches. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-041314-4.
