Potwari

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Potwari is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Pothohar Plateau and surrounding regions, often considered a dialect of Punjabi or a bridge between Punjabi and Hindko.

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Label Occurrences
Potwari canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hindko ⓘ
Pahari-Pothwari ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Potohari people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Pahari-Potwari ⓘ
linked to: Pahari-Pothwari

Pothohari ⓘ
Pothwari ⓘ
Potohari ⓘ
hasLinguisticRole bridge between Punjabi and Hindko ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts similar to Punjabi ⓘ
hasSuperstrateLanguage Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
ISOStatus often grouped under Western Punjabi in classifications ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticClassificationDebate sometimes classified as dialect of Punjabi ⓘ
sometimes described as transitional between Punjabi and Hindko ⓘ
sometimes treated as separate language ⓘ
partOf Punjabi dialect continuum ⓘ
region Pothohar region ⓘ
linked to: Potohar Plateau
spokenIn Attock District ⓘ
Azad Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Bhimber District ⓘ
Chakwal District ⓘ
Islamabad Capital Territory ⓘ
Jhelum District ⓘ
Kotli District ⓘ
Mirpur District ⓘ
Pothohar Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Potohar Plateau

Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
Rawalpindi District ⓘ
diaspora communities in the United Kingdom ⓘ
status primarily spoken language ⓘ
subclassOf Lahnda ⓘ
Northwestern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
local media ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Shahmukhi script ⓘ

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

Pothwari → alternativeName → Potwari ⓘ