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.

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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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Punjabi language standardVariety Majhi dialect