Potwari

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Potwari is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Pothohar Plateau and surrounding regions, often considered a dialect of Punjabi or a bridge between Punjabi and Hindko.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety
dialect
closelyRelatedTo Hindko NERFINISHED
Pahari-Pothwari NERFINISHED
Punjabi NERFINISHED
country Pakistan
ethnicGroup Potohari people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Pahari-Potwari NERFINISHED
Pothohari NERFINISHED
Pothwari NERFINISHED
Potohari NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticRole bridge between Punjabi and Hindko
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic NERFINISHED
English NERFINISHED
Persian NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts similar to Punjabi
hasSuperstrateLanguage Urdu NERFINISHED
ISOStatus often grouped under Western Punjabi in classifications
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
linguisticClassificationDebate sometimes classified as dialect of Punjabi
sometimes described as transitional between Punjabi and Hindko
sometimes treated as separate language
partOf Punjabi dialect continuum
region Pothohar region NERFINISHED
spokenIn Attock District NERFINISHED
Azad Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED
Bhimber District NERFINISHED
Chakwal District NERFINISHED
Islamabad Capital Territory NERFINISHED
Jhelum District NERFINISHED
Kotli District NERFINISHED
Mirpur District NERFINISHED
Pothohar Plateau NERFINISHED
Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Rawalpindi District NERFINISHED
diaspora communities in the United Kingdom
status primarily spoken language
subclassOf Lahnda NERFINISHED
Northwestern Indo-Aryan language
Punjabi language NERFINISHED
usedFor everyday communication
folk songs
local media
oral poetry
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script NERFINISHED

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Pothwari alternativeName Potwari