Majhi dialect
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The Majhi dialect is a central variety of Punjabi regarded as the prestige form of the language and commonly used as its standard in media and literature.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of Punjabi language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Doabi dialect
ⓘ
Malwai dialect ⓘ Pothohari dialect ⓘ |
| coreRegion |
Amritsar
ⓘ
surface form:
Amritsar area
Lahore ⓘ
surface form:
Lahore area
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Punjabi language
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Punjabi
Majha ⓘ
surface form:
Majhi Punjabi
|
| hasFeature |
lexical items shared across eastern and western Punjabi
ⓘ
relatively leveled morphology compared to some peripheral dialects ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tonal distinctions typical of Punjabi ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
prestige dialect of Punjabi
ⓘ
standard variety of Punjabi ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Persian language
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Sanskrit ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| influences | colloquial Punjabi in urban Punjab ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| languageOf |
Punjabi media
ⓘ
Punjabi popular music ⓘ many Punjabi films ⓘ much modern Punjabi poetry ⓘ much modern Punjabi prose ⓘ |
| partOf | Punjabi language continuum ⓘ |
| regionType | central Punjabi dialect zone ⓘ |
| standardFor |
formal spoken Punjabi in many contexts
ⓘ
news broadcasts in Punjabi ⓘ school Punjabi in many regions ⓘ |
| standardizationRole |
basis for many Punjabi dictionaries
ⓘ
basis for many Punjabi grammars ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Punjabi dialect ⓘ |
| usedAs |
standard Punjabi in literature
ⓘ
standard Punjabi in media ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Punjabi speakers in Majha region
ⓘ
many Punjabi broadcasters ⓘ many Punjabi writers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Punjab
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Punjab
Majha region ⓘ Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form:
Pakistani Punjab
Punjab ⓘ
surface form:
Punjab region
|
| writingSystem |
Gurmukhi
ⓘ
surface form:
Gurmukhi script
Shahmukhi script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.