Potohari language continuum

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Indo-Aryan language variety dialect continuum

The Potohari language continuum is a group of closely related Indo-Aryan dialects spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau and surrounding regions, forming a transitional zone between Punjabi and Hindko.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pothohari dialect continuum	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ dialect continuum ⓘ
classificationStatus	often treated as a dialect of Punjabi ⓘ sometimes grouped under Lahnda ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Hindko language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lahnda (Western Punjabi) NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ
formsTransitionalZoneBetween	Hindko language NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Pahari-Pothwari continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pahari-Potohari continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pothohari continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pothwari language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialect	Chakwali NERFINISHED ⓘ Dhanni NERFINISHED ⓘ Hazara Pahari NERFINISHED ⓘ Jhelumi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kahuta dialect ⓘ Mirpuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Murree dialect ⓘ Pahari-Potohari NERFINISHED ⓘ Pindi dialect ⓘ Pothwari NERFINISHED ⓘ Potohari NERFINISHED ⓘ Sohain NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Mirpuri diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ Potohari people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	exhibits phonological features intermediate between Punjabi and Hindko ⓘ shares vocabulary with Punjabi and Hindko ⓘ shows variation across short geographic distances ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Perso-Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Shahmukhi script NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Indo-Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European
languageSubbranch	Indo-Aryan ⓘ
primaryCountry	Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Northern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
sociolinguisticStatus	often underreported in national censuses of Pakistan ⓘ
spokenIn	Attock District NERFINISHED ⓘ Azad Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhimber District NERFINISHED ⓘ Chakwal District NERFINISHED ⓘ Hazara region NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamabad Capital Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Jhelum District NERFINISHED ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kotli District NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirpur District NERFINISHED ⓘ Potohar Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rawalpindi District NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hindko-speaking belt ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Lahnda (Western Punjabi) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi macrolanguage NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi–Lahnda dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Punjabi Muslims of Potohar Plateau ⓘ
usedInDiaspora	Middle Eastern Pakistani diaspora communities ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Jhelumi → partOf → Potohari language continuum ⓘ

Chakwal Potohari → subDialectOf → Potohari language continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pothohari dialect continuum