Chakwali

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Chakwali is a regional dialect of Potohari Punjabi spoken in and around the Chakwal area of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chakwali canonical 1
Chakwali Potohari 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
variety of Punjabi
belongsTo Punjabi macrolanguage NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Potohari NERFINISHED
Standard Punjabi (Pakistan) NERFINISHED
consideredAs sub-dialect of Potohari Punjabi
country Pakistan
hasFeature lexical items specific to Chakwal region
regional phonological variations compared to standard Punjabi
shares grammar with other Potohari varieties
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code
isSpokenOralTradition true
languageBranch Northwestern Punjabi NERFINISHED
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
partOf Potohari dialect continuum NERFINISHED
primaryUsage home and community domain
informal communication
region Northern Punjab NERFINISHED
spokenIn Chakwal District NERFINISHED
Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
villages around Chakwal city
subclassOf Potohari Punjabi NERFINISHED
usedBy inhabitants of Chakwal and surrounding areas
writingSystem Shahmukhi script NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

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

Potohari Punjabi hasDialect Chakwali
Chakwal Potohari hasAlternativeName Chakwali
this entity surface form: Chakwali Potohari