Awankari

E406099

Awankari is a lesser-known Northwestern Indo-Aryan language variety traditionally spoken in parts of northern Pakistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Awankari canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
Northwestern Indo-Aryan language
language variety
lect
classificationStatus sometimes grouped under Lahnda
sometimes treated as a dialect of Punjabi
continent Asia
country Pakistan
endangermentStatus potentially endangered
ethnicGroup Awan
geographicDistributionCharacteristic discontinuous and localized
hasAncestor Middle Indo-Aryan
Old Indo-Aryan
hasGrammaticalFeature ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration
retroflex consonants
languageBranch Northwestern zone of Indo-Aryan
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
languageStatus lesser-known language variety
minority language
lexicalSimilarityWith Lahnda
Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language
morphology fusional
region Northwestern Punjab
linked to: Northern Punjab

northern Pakistan
sharesFeaturesWith Hindko
Punjabi
Saraiki
sociolinguisticSituation often underreported in censuses
subject to language shift toward Urdu
speakerCommunity Muslim communities in northern Pakistan
spokenIn rural areas
village communities
subclassOf Lahnda
Western Punjabi dialect continuum
traditionalSpeakers Awan people NERFINISHED
typology SOV word order
usedAlongside Standard Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Shahmukhi script

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