Majhi dialect

- Use of 'ḍéa' (ਡਿਆ/ਡਿਹਾ ڈیا/ڈہا/ڈہیا) in continuous tenses:

- Alternate auxiliary verbs

'han' (ਹਨ / ہَن) is never used in spoken Majhi, 'nae' (ਨੇ, ਨੈਂ / نے، نَیں) is used instead. E.g. ó karde ne (ਉਹ ਕਰਦੇ ਨੇ / اوہ کردے نے)

First person singular ã or je (ਆਂ, ਵਾਂ, ਜੇ / آں، واں، جے) is used. E.g. maĩ karnā ā̃̀/wā̃, maĩ karnā je ਮੈਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਆਂ, ਮੈਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਜੇ / میں کرنا آں، میں کرنا جے

Third person singular ee or ae (ਏ, ਵੇ , ਈ / اے، وے، ای) is used. E.g. Oh karda ee (ਉਹ ਕਰਦਾ ਈ / و) (ਓਹ ਕਰਦਾ ਵੇ/ਏ)

- Use of na- verb ending instead of da- ending for habitual-imperative

- Absent subject realised in auxiliary verb

ਕੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਈ کی کیتا ای : What have you (sing.) done?

ਕੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਜੇ کی کیتا جے : What have you (sing. formal or plu.) done?

ਕੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੂ کی کیتا سُو : What has he/she done?

ਕੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਨੇ کی کیتا نے : What have they done?

ਲੜਾਈ ਕੀਤੀ ਸਾਈ لڑائی کیتی ساای : You (sing.) made a fight.

ਲੜਾਈ ਕੀਤੀ ਸਾਜੇ لڑائی کیتی ساجے : You (sing. formal or plu.) made a fight

ਲੜਾਈ ਕੀਤੀ ਸਾਸੂ لڑائی کیتی ساسُو : He/She made a fight.

ਲੜਾਈ ਕੀਤੀ ਸਾਨੇ لڑائی کیتی سانے : They made a fight.

Unlike typical Punjabi, Majhi usually does not indicate low tone through its script (except through the five tonal plosives, plus ṛh ੜ੍ਹ / ڑھ). Thus, low-tone syllables typically drop the h letter (ਹ / ہ) which is exclusively used for high tone.

Because of the lack of standardisation in Shahmukhi, words with the six tonal consonants (gh, jh, ḍh, dh, bh, ṛh) which are now unaspirated and voiceless word-initially^[a] (k, c, ṭ, t, p)[3] have multiple spellings. The word ghar (house) for example is sometimes written as a voiced aspirate گھر , unaspirated and voiceless کر , with a long vowel کار , and in many other ways. Low tone slightly lengthens the vowel, which is why some speakers use spellings like کٰر and کار.

^a ṛh does not occur word-initially and is always voiced.

Low tone in general is not well represented, and low-tone words in both major scripts have various spellings, e.g. tuā̀ḍā (your/yours): تواڈا ਤੁਆਡਾ, ਤਵਾਡਾ, تاڈا ਤਾਡਾ, تہاڈا ਤੁਹਾਡਾ etc.

Sometimes high tone is not even written, also dropping the h letter (ਹ / ہ) in words like réā ਰਿਹਾ / رہا which become ਰਿਆ / ریا .

In more northern cities such as Gujrat, the word-initial 'h' is very faint, acting more as a low-tone marker, like in Dogri. Words such as hatth ਹੱਥ ہَتّھ (hand) are pronounced more like àtth.

Nasalisation of tusī̃ (ਤੁਸੀਂ / تُسِیں) and asī̃ (ਅਸੀਂ / اَسِیں) are lost in Majhi, and are said as tusī (ਤੁਸੀ / تُسی) and asī (ਅਸੀ / اَسی) respectively.

Sometimes when speaking fast in Majhi, the first-person plural pronouns asī (ਅਸੀ / اَسی), sāḍā (ਸਾਡਾ / ساڈا), and sānū̃ (ਸਾਨੂੰ / سانُوں) sometimes round the s to a h sound, colloquially being heard as ahī, hāḍā, and hānū̃ respectively. This is more common in Indian Majhi-speaking areas and less in Pakistan.

'ਹੈਗਾ ਸੀ'/ ਹੈ ਸੀ (haiga si/hai si) is used instead of 'sīgā' 'ਸੀਗਾ'.

'ਐਂਜ' (ainj-aivẽ), 'ਉਂਜ' (unj-ovẽ), 'ਕੈਂਜ' (kinj-kivẽ), 'ਜੈਂਜ' (jainj-jivẽ) are used in place of ਐਦਾਂ (aidaã), ਓਦਾਂ (odaã), ਕਿੱਦਾ (kiddaã), ਜਿੱਦਾਂ (jiddaã), respectively, which are not commonly used.