Potohari Punjabi

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Potohari Punjabi is a regional variety of the Punjabi language spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau and surrounding northern Punjab areas.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Pahari-Pothwari 4
Pothohari Punjabi 4
Western Punjabi 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety
dialect
variety of Punjabi language
closelyRelatedTo Hindko
Pahari-Pothwari
linked to: Potohari Punjabi

Standard Punjabi (Lahnda–Majhi continuum)
linked to: Punjabi language
consideredByOthersAs dialect of Punjabi
consideredBySomeAs separate language
country Pakistan
hasAlternativeName Pothohari Punjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi

Pothwari
Pothwari Punjabi
linked to: Pothwari

Potohari
hasDialect Chakwali
Jhelumi
Mirpuri
Pothwari
hasFeature lexical influence from Hindko
lexical influence from Persian
lexical influence from Urdu
tonal phonology similar to Punjabi
ISOStatus not separately coded in ISO 639-3
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
neighboringVariety Majhi Punjabi
Saraiki
partOf Lahnda dialect continuum
linked to: Lahnda
region Potohar region
linked to: Potohar Plateau
sociolinguisticStatus primarily oral language variety
spokenIn Attock District
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (border areas)
Chakwal District
Islamabad Capital Territory
linked to: Islamabad

Jhelum District
Potohar Plateau
Punjab, Pakistan
Rawalpindi District
northern Punjab, Pakistan
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized orthography
subclassOf Punjabi language
usedBy Potohari people
usedIn everyday communication
folk poetry
folk songs
local theatre
writingSystem Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq style)
Shahmukhi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Potohar Plateau languageSpoken Potohari Punjabi
Potohari closelyRelatedTo Pahari-Pothwari
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Kangri closelyRelatedTo Pahari-Pothwari
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Lahnda hasAlternativeName Western Punjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Lahnda hasAlternativeName Western Panjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages includesLanguage Pahari–Pothwari
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh languageOfWorkOrName Pothohari Punjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Punjabi Muslims language Western Punjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Potohari Punjabi closelyRelatedTo Pahari-Pothwari
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Potohari Punjabi hasAlternativeName Pothohari Punjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Hindko closelyRelatedTo Pahari-Pothwari
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
Pothohari hasAlternativeName Pothohari Punjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
western Punjab region hasDialect Pothohari Punjabi
linked to: Potohari Punjabi