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 3

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

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