Majhi Punjabi

E553032

Punjabi dialect dialect

Majhi Punjabi is the central and most prestigious dialect of the Punjabi language, traditionally spoken in the Majha region of Punjab, including areas around Amritsar and Lahore.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Standard Punjabi (Majhi-based media)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Punjabi dialect ⓘ dialect ⓘ
center	Amritsar NERFINISHED ⓘ Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Doabi Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Malwai Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Pothohari Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Majhi ⓘ Majhi dialect ⓘ
hasFeature	distinctive vowel length ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ tonal phonology typical of Punjabi ⓘ
hasPrestigeStatus	prestige dialect of Punjabi ⓘ standard dialect of Punjabi ⓘ
isBasisOf	broadcast Punjabi in Punjab ⓘ standard Punjabi pronunciation ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
partOf	Punjabi language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Amritsar region NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ Lahore region NERFINISHED ⓘ Majha NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistani Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptUsedInIndia	Gurmukhi script NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptUsedInPakistan	Shahmukhi script NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Hindus in Majha region ⓘ Muslims in Majha region ⓘ Punjabi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikhs in Majha region ⓘ
spokenInCity	Amritsar NERFINISHED ⓘ Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInDistrict	Amritsar district NERFINISHED ⓘ Lahore District NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion	Majha region ⓘ
standardFor	modern standard Punjabi (India) ⓘ modern standard Punjabi (Pakistan) ⓘ
subclassOf	Punjabi language variety ⓘ
usedIn	Punjabi electronic media ⓘ Punjabi literature ⓘ Punjabi print media ⓘ education in Punjabi (India) ⓘ education in Punjabi (Pakistan) ⓘ
writingSystem	Gurmukhi script NERFINISHED ⓘ Shahmukhi script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Malwai Punjabi → closelyRelatedTo → Majhi Punjabi ⓘ

Potohari Punjabi → neighboringVariety → Majhi Punjabi ⓘ

Doabi Punjabi → closelyRelatedVarieties → Majhi Punjabi ⓘ

Doabi Punjabi → standardLanguageBasedOn → Majhi Punjabi ⓘ

Doabi Punjabi → mutualIntelligibilityWith → Majhi Punjabi ⓘ

Doabi Punjabi → influencedBy → Majhi Punjabi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Punjabi (Majhi-based media)

western Punjab region → hasDialect → Majhi Punjabi ⓘ