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Pahari-Pothwari

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Pahari-Pothwari
پوٹھواری‎, پہاڑی
Poṭhwārī, Pahāṛī
Native toPakistan
RegionPothohar region of Punjab, Azad Kashmir and western parts of Jammu and Kashmir, other parts of India including Punjab and Haryana (by partition refugees and descendants)
Native speakers
several million[a]
Shahmukhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3phr
Glottologpaha1251  Pahari Potwari

Pahari-Pothwari is a Western Punjabi (Lahnda) variety or group of dialects, spoken in Pothohar region of Punjab and Azad Kashmir in Pakistan; as well as in western parts of Jammu and Kashmir in India.[1] It is known by different names, such as Pahari, Pothwari, Pothohari, Mirpuri.

It is transitional between Hindko in the west and Majhi in the east. The Punjabi poet, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, wrote in a mix of Majhi and Pothwari.[2]

Places

Within Pakistan, it is spoken in the Pothohar Plateau and Azad Kashmir and overlaps between these two regions.[3]: 46 

Numbers

The numbering in Pahari-Pothwari is similar to that of other Punjabi dialects and varieties. Pahari-Pothwari uses tre for three, which is also found in some forms of Majhi and Hindko.[4]

  1. ik
  2. do
  3. tre
  4. čar
  5. panj
  6. čae
  7. sat
  8. att
  9. nou
  10. das

References

  1. Shackle, C. (November 1979). "Problems of Classification in Pakistan Panjab". Transactions of the Philological Society. 77 (1): 191–210. doi:10.1111/j.1467-968X.1979.tb00857.x. ISSN 0079-1636.
  2. "Punjabi University, Patiala". Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  3. Javaid, Umbreen. 2004. Saraiki political movement: its impact in south Punjab. Journal of Research (Humanities), 40(2): 55–65. Lahore: Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of the Punjab. (This PDF contains multiple articles from the same issue.)
  4. Rahman, Tariq. 1997. Language and Ethnicity in Pakistan. Asian Survey, 1997 Sep., 37(9):833-839.


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