Punjabi–Lahnda group

E738019

The Punjabi–Lahnda group is a cluster of closely related Indo-Aryan languages and dialects spoken primarily in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cluster of Indo-Aryan languages
language group
closelyRelatedTo Sindhi language NERFINISHED
Western Hindi languages
glottologCode panj1256
hasCharacteristic SOV word order
dialect continuum
ergative alignment in perfective constructions
gender and number agreement
mutual intelligibility among many varieties
postpositions instead of prepositions
rich system of verb aspect
tonal contrasts in many varieties
hasMajorCenter Amritsar NERFINISHED
Lahore NERFINISHED
hasMember Doabi dialect NERFINISHED
Eastern Punjabi NERFINISHED
Hindko NERFINISHED
Jhangvi NERFINISHED
Lahnda NERFINISHED
Majhi dialect
Malwai dialect NERFINISHED
Mirpuri NERFINISHED
Pothohari dialect NERFINISHED
Pothwari NERFINISHED
Punjabi language NERFINISHED
Saraiki NERFINISHED
Shahpuri NERFINISHED
Western Punjabi NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Arabic script NERFINISHED
Devanagari script NERFINISHED
Gurmukhi script NERFINISHED
Shahmukhi script NERFINISHED
iso639Macrolanguage pa
languageFamily Indo-European language family NERFINISHED
partOf Indo-Aryan branch
region Indian Punjab NERFINISHED
northern India
surface form: North India

Pakistani Punjab NERFINISHED
South Asia
spokenIn India
Pakistan NERFINISHED
Punjab region NERFINISHED
eastern Pakistan NERFINISHED
northern India
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages NERFINISHED
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
usedBy Hindko-speaking communities
Punjabi people NERFINISHED
Saraiki people NERFINISHED

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

Pahari-Potohari subclassOf Punjabi–Lahnda group
Chakwal Potohari partOf Punjabi–Lahnda group
this entity surface form: Punjabi–Lahnda dialect continuum