Kho people

E282786

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kho people canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

Upper Chitral ⓘ
linked to: Chitral District
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 region ⓘ
linked to: Chitral District

northern Pakistan ⓘ
neighboringGroups Kalash people ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Shina people ⓘ
Wakhi people ⓘ
linked to: Wakhi
populationCenter Chitral town ⓘ
linked to: Chitral Valley

Lower Chitral District ⓘ
linked to: Chitral District

Upper Chitral District ⓘ
linked to: Chitral District
primaryLanguage Khowar ⓘ
region Hindu Kush mountains ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush

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

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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 ⓘ
Laspur Valley → hasEthnicGroup → Kho people ⓘ
Arniya → usedByEthnicGroup → Kho people ⓘ
Chitrari → hasEthnicGroup → Kho people ⓘ
Chitrali → ethnicGroupAssociated → Kho people ⓘ
Yidgha people → neighboringGroup → Kho people ⓘ