Kho people

For the ethnic group in Vietnam, see K'ho people.

Kho
کھو
Chitrali men along with Mehtar Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir, the current head of the Katoor Dynasty
Total population
c. 800,000 (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan
Languages
L1: Khowar (native language)
L2: Urdu (national language)
Religion
Islam (majority Sunni Muslims, followed by Ismaili Shia Muslims)
Related ethnic groups
Other Indo-Aryan peoples

The Kho (/koʊ/, Khowar: کھو), or Chitrali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Chitral region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and the Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan. They speak an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Dardic group called Khowar.

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