Malwai dialect

E23166

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malwai dialect canonical 3
Jhangochi dialect of Punjabi 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Punjabi language
belongsTo Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi macrolanguage
country India
ethnicGroup Punjabi people
hasAlternativeName Malwai Punjabi
hasDialectalFeature distinct pronunciation compared to Majhi Punjabi
distinct vocabulary compared to Majhi Punjabi
some grammatical differences from standard Punjabi
ISO639-3Status not separately coded
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
mutualIntelligibilityWith other Punjabi dialects
neighboringDialect Doabi dialect
Majhi dialect
Puadhi dialect
partOf Punjabi language
surface form: Eastern Punjabi
primaryScript Gurmukhi
surface form: Gurmukhi script
region Malwa
Punjab
northwestern India
spokenIn Malwa
surface form: Malwa region

Punjab
surface form: Punjab, India

northern India
subclassOf Indo-Aryan language variety
Punjabi language
usedBy Punjabi speakers in Malwa region
usedFor daily communication
folk songs
oral literature
writingSystem Gurmukhi
surface form: Gurmukhi script

Referenced by (4)

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

Punjabi language hasDialects Malwai dialect
Doabi dialect closelyRelatedTo Malwai dialect
Jhang majorSpokenLanguage Malwai dialect
this entity surface form: Jhangochi dialect of Punjabi
Malwai Punjabi hasAlternativeName Malwai dialect