Dards

The Dards are a group of un-mixed Indo-Aryan people living in Northern Pakistan, Northern India, and Eastern Afghanistan who speak the Dardic languages. A very small minority also live in Xinjiang, China and Tajikistan.^[4]

Dardic peoples

Regions with significant populations
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.