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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 | |
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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.
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