Lahnda

Lahnda
Lahnda
لہندا‎
Region	Western Punjab region
Native speakers	42 million
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern[1] Lahnda; ; ; ;
Writing system	Perso-Arabic; (Shahmukhi alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	lah
ISO 639-3	lah – inclusive code; Individual codes:; hnd – Southern Hindko; hno – Northern Hindko; jat – Inku; phr – Pahari-Pothwari; skr – Saraiki; xhe – Khetrani
Glottolog	lahn1241

Lahnda is a group of Punjabi related languages spoken in Pakistani Punjab. This includes Hindko, Inku, Saraiki, Pahari-Pothwari, and maybe Khetrani. Lahnda languages are also called Western Punjabi because they are spoken in Western Punjab.[2]

Languages and dialects

Map of North Lahnda (Hindko and Pahari-Pothwari) dialects and varieties

Map of all Punjabi dialects and languages, including various Lahnda dialects in the west

Below is a list of the varieties of Lahnda and its number of speakers:[3]

North Lahnda:
- Hindko: 7.71 million
  - Northern Hindko: 4.47 million
  - Southern Hindko: 3.24 million
  - Ajri
- Pahari-Pothwari; 8.04 million
Central Lahnda (Shahpuri): 6 million
South Lahnda:
- Saraiki; 26 million
  - Multani
  - Jafri
  - Thali
  - Riasti
  - Derawali
- Inku
- Khetrani

References

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[1] Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)

[2] ttp://www.ethnologue.com/language/pnb

[FOOTNOTESimonsFennig2017-3] Simons & Fennig 2017.