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Hazarewal

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This article is about the inhabitants of the Hazara region in Pakistan. For the Persian-speaking ethnic group of Afghanistan, see Hazara people.

Hazarewal (Punjabi: ھزاریوال; Hazarewal pronunciation: [(h)əzaːɾeːʋaːl]; Standard pronunciation: [həzaːɾeːʋaːl]) is a term used for an inhabinant or inhabitants of the Hazara region in northern Pakistan. The inhabitants of the region are multi-ethnic in origin with most belonging to Punjabi tribes while some having Pashtun origin but Punjabi, in the form of its Hindko variety, is the dominant language of the area and communities of non-Punjabi origin, too, speak it.[1][2]

Language and Culture[edit]

Punjabi, mostly in the form of Hindko variety, is the most spoken language of Hazara Division followed by Pashto and various Kohistani languages. Hindko speaking Hazarewals reside in and form the majority in the Haripur District, Abbottabad District, and Mansehra District and belong to the Punjabi-origin tribes including Awan, Gujjar, Abbasi and Karlal; and Pashtun-origin tribes including Swati ,Tanoli and Jadoon. Pashto-speaking Hazarewals include the Yusufzais of Torghar District and the Swatis of Battagram District. The Kohistani people such as the Mankiyalis and Yashkuns inhabiting the northern most districts of Hazara speak in various Kohistani languages.[3][4][5]

Another form of Punjabi, called Pahari-Pothwari, is spoken by sections of the Karlal and Abbasi tribes of the Galyat region of Abbottabad District (where the local variety is called Dhundi-Kairali). Gujari[3] is spoken by some nomadic Gujjars of the Kaghan Valley.[6][7][8]

Notable Hazarewals[edit]

Swatis:

Karlals

Jadoons

Abbasis

Tanolis

Tareens


Others

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IAPS funding for Dr Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Four years on, the voice of Hazara 'martyrs' still resonates". The Express Tribune. 2014-04-12.
  3. ^ a b Rensch, Calvin Ross; O'Leary, Clare F.; Hallberg, Calinda E. (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Hindko and Gujari. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University. pp. 10–11. Members of a variety of ethnic groups speak the language called Hindko. A large number of Hindko speakers in Hazara Division (Mansehra and Abbottabad Districts) are Pashtoons. Some of those speak Hindko as a second language; many others speak it as their mother tongue. These include the Tahir Kheli Pashtoons, who claim to have migrated to Hazara Division from Afghanistan during the eighteenth century. Many other mother- tongue speakers of Hindko are Swati Pathans, who are said to have formerly spoken Pashto while living in the lower Swat valley. After migrating across the Indus River into Hazara Division, which Ahmed dates around A.D. 1515, the Swatis adopted the Hindko language. There are also Pashtoons belonging to three other groups, the Yusufzai, the Jadun and the Tarin, who have replaced Pashto with Hindko. Many speakers of Hindko belong to groups other than the Pashtoons: Some of these are Saiyids, said to have come to the area in the early centuries of Islamic history, many of whom live in the Peshawar area. Large numbers of Hindko speakers are Avans, particularly in Attock District and Hazara Division. Still others belong to groups of Moughals, Bulghadris, Turks and Qureshis. In Jammun significant numbers of Gujars have adopted Hindko as their first language.
  4. ^ Watson, Hubert Digby (1908). Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907. Chatto & Windus.
  5. ^ Organization (Pakistan), Census (1975). Population Census of Pakistan, 1972: Hazara. Manager of Publications.
  6. ^ "Language in India". www.languageinindia.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  7. ^ "Language in India". www.languageinindia.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  8. ^ "Gujari | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
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