Ghebī (

Hindko Hindko (, , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Pun ...

:گھیبی) is a dialect of Punjabi, spoken in the north-west of the

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

i province of

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

. In the early 20th century Grierson assigned it to his "North-Western Lahnda" group, whereas

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writing in 1980 placed it within Hindko "proper" alongside

Chacchī Chhachi, Chacchī, or Chachhī () is a dialect of Hindko spoken in the region of Chachh. Grierson classified it within his "North-Western Lahndā" group, whereas Shackle considers it part of Hindko "proper", alongside Ghebī Ghebī (Hindko:گ� ...

and

Avāṅkārī Awankari (', ) is a Punjabi dialect spoken primarily in Talagang District, in the north-west of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Awankari, classified by as a sub-dialect of Hindko dialect, is viewed by its native speakers as (a sub-dialect of) ...

. Ghebi is mainly spoken in

Pindi Gheb Pindigheb (or Pindi Gheb) (), is a town in Punjab province Pakistan and seat of Pindi Gheb Tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Attock District.

and

Fateh Jang Tehsil Fateh Jang Tehsil (Punjabi and ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil), of Attock District in the Punjab province of Pakistan lying between 33°10′ and 33°45′ North, and 72°23′ and 73°1′ East. The tehsil is administratively subdi ...

s of

Attock District Attock District ( Punjabi/Urdu), known as Campbellpur District during British Raj, is a district, located on the Pothohar Plateau, in north western Punjab, Pakistan; created in April 1904. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Att ...

and adjacent areas within

Mianwali District The Mianwali District () is a Districts of Pakistan, district located in the Sargodha Division of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Mianwali District remained part of Rawalpindi Division until 1963, when Mianwali District beca ...

and

Chakwal District Chakwal District () is a district located on the Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern area of the Punjab province, bordered by Talagang to its west, Rawalpindi to its northeast, Jhelum to its east. The distr ...

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* Punjabi language in Pakistan Punjabi dialects {{IndoAryan-lang-stub