Potohari Punjabi

E186759
Indo-Aryan language variety dialect variety of Punjabi language

Potohari Punjabi is a regional variety of the Punjabi language spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau and surrounding northern Punjab areas.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Pahari-Pothwari 4
Pothohari Punjabi 4
Western Punjabi 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
variety of Punjabi language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hindko ⓘ
Potohari Punjabi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pahari-Pothwari

Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Standard Punjabi (Lahnda–Majhi continuum)
consideredByOthersAs dialect of Punjabi ⓘ
consideredBySomeAs separate language ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
surface form: Pothohari Punjabi

Pothwari ⓘ
Pothwari ⓘ
surface form: Pothwari Punjabi

Potohari ⓘ
hasDialect Chakwali ⓘ
Jhelumi ⓘ
Mirpuri ⓘ
Pothwari ⓘ
hasFeature lexical influence from Hindko ⓘ
lexical influence from Persian ⓘ
lexical influence from Urdu ⓘ
tonal phonology similar to Punjabi ⓘ
ISOStatus not separately coded in ISO 639-3 ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
neighboringVariety Majhi Punjabi ⓘ
Saraiki ⓘ
partOf Lahnda ⓘ
surface form: Lahnda dialect continuum
region Potohar Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Potohar region
sociolinguisticStatus primarily oral language variety ⓘ
spokenIn Attock District ⓘ
Azad Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (border areas)

Chakwal District ⓘ
Islamabad ⓘ
surface form: Islamabad Capital Territory

Jhelum District ⓘ
Potohar Plateau ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
Rawalpindi District ⓘ
northern Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized orthography ⓘ
subclassOf Punjabi language ⓘ
usedBy Potohari people ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication ⓘ
folk poetry ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
local theatre ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq style) ⓘ
Shahmukhi script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Potohar Plateau → languageSpoken → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
Potohari → closelyRelatedTo → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari-Pothwari
Kangri → closelyRelatedTo → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari-Pothwari
Lahnda → hasAlternativeName → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Punjabi
Lahnda → hasAlternativeName → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Panjabi
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari–Pothwari
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh → languageOfWorkOrName → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pothohari Punjabi
Punjabi Muslims → language → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Punjabi
Potohari Punjabi → closelyRelatedTo → Potohari Punjabi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari-Pothwari
Potohari Punjabi → hasAlternativeName → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pothohari Punjabi
Hindko → closelyRelatedTo → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari-Pothwari
Pothohari → hasAlternativeName → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pothohari Punjabi
western Punjab region → hasDialect → Potohari Punjabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pothohari Punjabi