Re: Hindko anyone?
Well, growing up in the NWFP, there are millions u'd come across that'd speak Hindko. Not just Peshawar and the northern parts of nwfp, but even in the Khattak regions such as Shakar Dara ranging all the way till the nwpf borders with punjab, hindko can be found. What about "Chab" near Jhand? Now that is right in punjab. Its like a mixture of Punjabi/pashto atleast that was the only way I was able to make sense out of it.
During the time when CCK 's hockey team was having a tournament with another Kohatian team, u'd hear phrases like "Yeraa Na kar kana, ghurzani yay!" utterly hilarious!!! Ghurzani=to push down to a fall/gira rahay ho.
Its a terrible loss that we as a nation don't cherrish the essence of other cultures and languages that may seem alien to us. Perhaps its the fear that if another's differences is realized, everyone would want to demand their seperate state. Like the government being threatened by the name for NWPF, as ParisseNoor indicated with its ties to the historical fear of becoming part of Afghanistan.