Jhelumi

E198839

Jhelumi is a regional dialect of the Potohari language spoken primarily in and around the Jhelum area of Pakistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jhelumi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
variety of Potohari
closelyRelatedTo Pindi Potohari
Sohāī dialect
Standard Potohari
linked to: Potohari
codeSwitchingWith Standard Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
country Pakistan
hasAlternativeName Jhelumi Potohari
linked to: Pothohari
hasFeature distinct local lexicon specific to Jhelum area
phonological variation compared to other Potohari dialects
shares vocabulary with Punjabi
shares vocabulary with Urdu
tonal features similar to Punjabi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
namedAfter Jhelum
linked to: Jhelum River
overlapsWith Northern Punjabi dialects
Potohar Plateau speech forms
partOf Potohari language continuum
primaryRegion Jhelum city
rural areas around Jhelum
regionType Potohar Plateau
spokenIn Jhelum District
Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan
status unstandardized oral variety
subclassOf Potohari language
typicalDomain home language
local markets and community interactions
usedAs spoken vernacular
usedBy inhabitants of Jhelum District
usedIn informal communication
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Shahmukhi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Potohari hasDialect Jhelumi
Potohari Punjabi hasDialect Jhelumi