Jhelumi

E198839

Jhelumi is a regional dialect of the Potohari language spoken primarily in and around the Jhelum area of Pakistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jhelumi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
variety of Potohari
closelyRelatedTo Pindi Potohari
Sohāī dialect
Potohari
surface form: Standard Potohari
codeSwitchingWith Punjabi language
surface form: Standard Punjabi

Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
country Pakistan
hasAlternativeName Pothohari
surface form: Jhelumi Potohari
hasFeature distinct local lexicon specific to Jhelum area
phonological variation compared to other Potohari dialects
shares vocabulary with Punjabi
shares vocabulary with Urdu
tonal features similar to Punjabi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
namedAfter Jhelum River
surface form: Jhelum
overlapsWith Northern Punjabi dialects
Potohar Plateau speech forms
partOf Potohari language continuum
primaryRegion Jhelum city
rural areas around Jhelum
regionType Potohar Plateau
spokenIn Jhelum District
Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan
status unstandardized oral variety
subclassOf Potohari language
typicalDomain home language
local markets and community interactions
usedAs spoken vernacular
usedBy inhabitants of Jhelum District
usedIn informal communication
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Shahmukhi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Potohari hasDialect Jhelumi
Potohari Punjabi hasDialect Jhelumi