Malwai boli

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Malwai boli is a regional dialect of Punjabi spoken primarily in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Punjab.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malwai boli canonical 1
Puadhi boli 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Punjabi dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
associatedWith Malwa cultural identity ⓘ
belongsTo Malwa dialect group of Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
closelyRelatedTo Doabi Punjabi ⓘ
Majhi Punjabi ⓘ
Malwai Punjabi ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalDomain Punjabi folk culture ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Malwai Punjabi ⓘ
Malwai dialect ⓘ
hasFeature distinct phonological features compared to Majhi Punjabi ⓘ
distinct vocabulary compared to standard Punjabi ⓘ
regional idioms and expressions ⓘ
hasLexicalTrait use of region-specific agricultural vocabulary ⓘ
hasMorphologicalTrait minor differences in verb forms compared to Majhi Punjabi ⓘ
hasPhonologicalTrait variation in tone patterns relative to standard Punjabi ⓘ
ISO639Status not separately coded; treated as Punjabi ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticRegister informal speech ⓘ
macroLanguage Punjabi language ⓘ
mutualIntelligibilityWith other Punjabi dialects ⓘ
partOf Punjabi language continuum ⓘ
primaryRegion Malwa region of Punjab ⓘ
regionOfOrigin south-central Punjab, India ⓘ
regionType rural and semi-urban areas ⓘ
script Gurmukhi script ⓘ
linked to: Gurmukhi
sociolinguisticRole marker of regional identity in Malwa ⓘ
spokenBy Punjabi ethnic group in Malwa ⓘ
spokenIn Malwa region ⓘ
Punjab, India ⓘ
linked to: Punjab

northern India ⓘ
status unstandardized spoken variety ⓘ
subfamily Northwestern Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
transmission primarily oral ⓘ
usedAlongside English in formal domains ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
standard Punjabi ⓘ
usedBy Punjabi-speaking communities in Malwa ⓘ
usedIn everyday conversation ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
regional folk theatre ⓘ
writingSystem Gurmukhi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Malwai Punjabi → hasAlternativeName → Malwai boli ⓘ
Puadhi Punjabi → hasAlternativeName → Puadhi boli ⓘ
linked to: Malwai boli