Awankari
E406099
Awankari is a lesser-known Northwestern Indo-Aryan language variety traditionally spoken in parts of northern Pakistan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awankari canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
Northwestern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ language variety ⓘ lect ⓘ |
| classificationStatus |
sometimes grouped under Lahnda
ⓘ
sometimes treated as a dialect of Punjabi ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | potentially endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Awan ⓘ |
| geographicDistributionCharacteristic | discontinuous and localized ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Middle Indo-Aryan
ⓘ
Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive aspiration
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwestern zone of Indo-Aryan
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
lesser-known language variety
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith |
Lahnda
ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form:
Punjabi
|
| morphology | fusional ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Punjab
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwestern Punjab
northern Pakistan ⓘ |
| sharesFeaturesWith |
Hindko
ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ Saraiki ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticSituation |
often underreported in censuses
ⓘ
subject to language shift toward Urdu ⓘ |
| speakerCommunity | Muslim communities in northern Pakistan ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
rural areas
ⓘ
village communities ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Lahnda
ⓘ
Western Punjabi dialect continuum ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Awan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | SOV word order ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Punjabi language
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Punjabi
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| writingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic script
Shahmukhi script ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.