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'''Hindkowans''' ([[Hindko language|Hindko]]: هِندکوان <small>([[Shahmukhi]])</small>, हिन्दकोवान <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, ਹਿੰਦਕੋਵਾਨ <small>([[Gurmukhi]])</small>) are an [[Indo-Aryan people|Indo-Aryan]] ethno-linguistic group native to [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] province of provinces of [[Pakistan]] and the [[Punjab region]] of Pakistan and [[India]]. However, an indeterminate number have left the region and now live in other parts of [[South Asia]],<ref name="Daily Times-Hindu Hindkowans at Partition of India">{{cite web|url = http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-12-2003_pg7_25| title = Peshawarites still remember the Kapoor family|publisher = Daily Times |accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref> such as the Indian state of [[Jammu & Kashmir]].<ref name="Joshua Project-Hindko"/>
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'''Hindkowans''' ([[Hindko language|Hindko]]: هِندکوان <small>([[Shahmukhi]])</small>, हिन्दकोवान <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, ਹਿੰਦਕੋਵਾਨ <small>([[Gurmukhi]])</small>) are an [[Indo-Aryan people|Indo-Aryan]] ethno-linguistic group native to [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] province of provinces of [[Pakistan]] and the [[Punjab region]] of Pakistan and [[India]]. However, an indeterminate number have left the region and now live in other parts of [[South Asia]],<ref name="Daily Times-Hindu Hindkowans at Partition of India">{{cite web|url = http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-12-2003_pg7_25| title = Peshawarites still remember the Kapoor family|publisher = Daily Times |accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref> such as the Indian state of [[Jammu & Kashmir]].<ref name="Joshua Project-Hindko">{{cite web|url = http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=104709&rog3=IN| title = Hindko, Northern speakers in India|publisher = The Joshua Project|accessdate = 2007-09-09}}</ref>
    
Hindkowans speak [[Hindko]], a [[Western_Punjabi#The_.22Lahnda.22_construct|Lahnda]] language that is primary in northern [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica-Lahnda">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/KRO_LAP/LAHNDA_properly_Lahnda_or_Lahin.html| title = LAHNDA |publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2008-08-17}}</ref> In Afghanistan, a group of [[Hindu]]s still continue to speak Hindko and are referred to as [[Hindki]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PAS_PER/HINDKI.html| title = Hindki|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref><ref name="Ethnologue-Hindko">{{cite web|url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hno| title = Ethnologue Report for Hindko|publisher = Ethnologue|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref>
 
Hindkowans speak [[Hindko]], a [[Western_Punjabi#The_.22Lahnda.22_construct|Lahnda]] language that is primary in northern [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica-Lahnda">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/KRO_LAP/LAHNDA_properly_Lahnda_or_Lahin.html| title = LAHNDA |publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2008-08-17}}</ref> In Afghanistan, a group of [[Hindu]]s still continue to speak Hindko and are referred to as [[Hindki]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PAS_PER/HINDKI.html| title = Hindki|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref><ref name="Ethnologue-Hindko">{{cite web|url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hno| title = Ethnologue Report for Hindko|publisher = Ethnologue|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref>
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