Chakwali

E707741

Chakwali is a regional dialect of Potohari Punjabi spoken in and around the Chakwal area of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chakwali canonical 2
Chakwali Potohari 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
variety of Punjabi ⓘ
belongsTo Punjabi macrolanguage ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
closelyRelatedTo Potohari ⓘ
Standard Punjabi (Pakistan) ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
consideredAs sub-dialect of Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
hasFeature lexical items specific to Chakwal region ⓘ
regional phonological variations compared to standard Punjabi ⓘ
shares grammar with other Potohari varieties ⓘ
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
isSpokenOralTradition true ⓘ
languageBranch Northwestern Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Potohari Punjabi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
partOf Potohari dialect continuum ⓘ
primaryUsage home and community domain ⓘ
informal communication ⓘ
region Northern Punjab ⓘ
spokenIn Chakwal District ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
villages around Chakwal city ⓘ
subclassOf Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
usedBy inhabitants of Chakwal and surrounding areas ⓘ
writingSystem Shahmukhi script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Potohari Punjabi → hasDialect → Chakwali ⓘ
Chakwal Potohari → hasAlternativeName → Chakwali Potohari ⓘ
linked to: Chakwali