Hindko is an ancient language spoken in the Indian subcontinent. It is spoken in the areas of North West Frontier Province(including Hazara), Punjab and Kashmir. During the pre-Buddhist era, the language of the masses was refined by the ancient grammarian Panini who set the rules of a structurally rigorous language called Sanskrit which was used principally for scriptures (analogous to Latin in the Western world).

Meanwhile, the vernacular language of the masses, Prakrit developed into many tongues and dialects spread over the Northern parts of the subcontinent. Hindko is believed to be closely related to Prakrit. Due to the geographic isolation of the regions, it has undergone very little corruption.

An incomplete list of contemprary writers, researchers and conservationists of the language:

A

• A Ghafoor Malik
• A Karim Farooq, Prof
• A Rashid, Dr
• Aatish Fahmid
• Abdul Jaleel, Master
• Adeel Saeed
• Aftab Ahmad
• Afzal Chishti
• Afzal Khan Dukhi
• Ahmad Faraz Yusfi
• Alauddin Adeem
• Amjad Hussain, Dr
• Arshad Malik
• Ashraf Adeel, Dr
• Asif Saqib
• Aslam Jadoon
• Aurangzeb Ghaznavi

B

• Bashir Manzar
• Basir Naseem
• Behzad Ibrahim

E

• Ehsan Talib
• Elahi Bakhsh Awan, Dr

F

• Faqir H Sahir
• Farigh Bokhari

G

• G M Samsaam
• Ghulam Haider Sindhi
• Ghulam Rasool Ghail

H

• Hafiz Sanaullah
• Haider Zaman
• Hasaam Hur

I

• Iftikhar Zafar
• Ijaz Rahi, Dr
• Imtiaz Ali Badar
• Imtiazul Haq Imtiaz
• Iqbal Ali Akhundzada
• Irshad Shakir

J

• Jafar Hussain
• Jaleel A Kamal
• Jaleel Hashmi
• Jehangir Tabassum
• Johar Mir

K

• Kh Haroon Rashid
• Khatir Ghaznavi
• Khurshid Ali Anwar

M

• M Asim, Dr
• M Ayub
• M Farid
• M Hafiz Ijaz
• M Siddiq Awan
• Maqbool Ijaz
• Masud Anwar Shafqi
• Mazhar Mumtaz
• Mohsin Ehsan
• Mujahid Akbar
• Mukhtar Ali Nayyar
• Mumtaz Minglori, Dr
• Mushtaq Shabab
• Muzmir Tatari

N

• Naseem Jan
• Naseeme Sahar
• Nasir Ali Syed
• Naz Durrani
• Naz Sethi
• Nazeer Bhatti
• Nazeer H Sh Kaseelvi
• Nazeer Tabasum, Prof
• Niaz Swati

P

• Parvaz Tarbelvi

Q

• Q M Jameel, Adv
• Qasim Hasrat
• Qudsia Qudsee

R

• Raza Hamdani

S

• Sabeeh Ahmad
• Sabir H Imdad
• Sadiq Zahid, Prof
• Saeed Ahmad Paras
• Saeeda Mukhtar
• Sahir Mustafai
• Saif Mustafai
• Sajid Sarhadi
• Shamim Bhervi
• Sheen Shaukat
• Shirin Khan
• Sufi A Rashid, Prof
• Sultan Sakoon
• Surraya Hasaam Hur

T

• Taj Saeed
• Tasneem Syed

Y

• Yahya Khalid
• Younas Qiasi
• Yousaf Aziz Zahid

Z

• Z I Athar
• Zahid Ali Askar
• Zahoor Awan, Dr
• Ziauddin