Pahari-Potohari

E201720

Pahari-Potohari is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken primarily in the Potohar Plateau and surrounding regions of northern Pakistan, often considered a transitional form between Punjabi and Hindko.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pahari 2
Pahari-Pothohari 1
Pahari-Potohari canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language variety
regional language
closelyRelatedTo Hindko
Punjabi
Saraiki
hasDialect Chibhali
Dhundi-Kairali
Kohati Pahari
linked to: Pindi Potohari

Mirpuri
Pahari of Murree Hills
Poonchi
Potohari
Sudhanoti Pahari
hasISOStatus no individual ISO 639-3 code
hasMorphologicalFeature postpositions instead of prepositions
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts similar to Punjabi
hasSociolinguisticStatus frequently recorded as Punjabi in official data
often underreported in censuses
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
primaryWordOrder SOV
regionType transitional zone between Punjabi and Hindko
scriptDirection right-to-left
sometimesClassifiedAs dialect of Hindko
dialect of Punjabi
part of Lahnda
spokenIn Abbottabad District
Attock District
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chakwal District
Haripur District
Hazara region
Islamabad Capital Territory
linked to: Islamabad

Jhelum District
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kohat District
Kotli District
Mansehra District
linked to: Mansehra

Mirpur District
Muzaffarabad District
Potohar Plateau
Punjab, Pakistan
Rawalpindi District
northern Pakistan
subclassOf Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Punjabi–Hindko transitional varieties
Punjabi–Lahnda group
usedAlongside Standard Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
usedAs home language in Potohar region
usedBy Pahari people
Potohari people
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Potohari hasDialect Pahari-Potohari
Muzaffarabad language Pahari
linked to: Pahari-Potohari
Northern Indo-Aryan languages includesLanguage Pahari–Potwari
linked to: Pahari-Potohari
Sohain closelyRelatedTo Pahari-Potwari
linked to: Pahari-Potohari
Pothohari hasDialect Pahari-Pothohari
linked to: Pahari-Potohari
Jhelum Valley languageSpoken Pahari
linked to: Pahari-Potohari