Mirpuri

E386604
Lahnda dialect Western Punjabi dialect dialect

Mirpuri is a major dialect of the Lahnda (Western Punjabi) language, primarily spoken in the Mirpur region of Azad Kashmir and among its diaspora communities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mirpuri canonical 5
Mirpuri Pahari 2
Mirpuri Hindko 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lahnda dialect ⓘ
Western Punjabi dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedWithMigrationPeriod post-World War II migration ⓘ
associatedWithMigrationTo United Kingdom ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hindko ⓘ
Pahari-Pothwari ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
geographicOrigin Mirpur, Azad Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Mirpur region of Azad Kashmir
hasAlternativeName Mirpuri ⓘ
surface form: Mirpuri Pahari

Pahari-Pothwari ⓘ
surface form: Mirpuri Punjabi
hasDialectContinuumWith Pahari-Pothwari ⓘ
Poonchi ⓘ
Pothohari ⓘ
ISO639Status no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageOf Mirpuri diaspora identity ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Kashmiri ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
linguisticArea Himalayan foothills region ⓘ
surface form: Western Himalayas foothills
mutualIntelligibility largely intelligible with Pahari-Pothwari ⓘ
partially intelligible with Standard Punjabi ⓘ
oftenClassifiedAs variety of Lahnda ⓘ
variety of Pahari-Pothwari ⓘ
phonologicalFeature retroflex consonants ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Mirpuri people ⓘ
region Mirpur District ⓘ
surface form: Mirpur region
script Shahmukhi script ⓘ
surface form: Shahmukhi
sociolinguisticStatus often underreported in censuses ⓘ
primarily spoken, rarely written ⓘ
spokenIn Azad Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Azad Kashmir

Mirpur District ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
diaspora communities ⓘ
subclassOf Lahnda ⓘ
Pahari-Pothwari ⓘ
surface form: Western Punjabi
typologicalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
ergative alignment in past transitive clauses ⓘ
gendered nouns ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ
usedBy Kashmiri-origin communities in Azad Kashmir ⓘ
Mirpuri diaspora in the United Kingdom ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Lahnda → hasDialects → Mirpuri ⓘ
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Mirpuri ⓘ
Potohari Punjabi → hasDialect → Mirpuri ⓘ
Northern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Mirpuri ⓘ
Hindko → hasDialect → Mirpuri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mirpuri Hindko
Pothwari → alternativeName → Mirpuri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mirpuri Pahari
Pothohari → hasDialect → Mirpuri ⓘ
Mirpuri → hasAlternativeName → Mirpuri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mirpuri Pahari