Pahari-Pothwari

Pahari-Pothwari or when combined with Hindko its temred Panjistani is an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan and India. It has many names, such as Pahari, Pothwari, Pothohari, Punjabi, Mirpuri. It is part of Lahnda or Western Punjabi[1]

Pahari-Pothwari
Potwari, Potowari
پوٹھوہاری
Native toPakistan, India
RegionPothohar region, Azad Kashmir and Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir)
EthnicityPunjabi people
Native speakers
several million
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3phr (includes other dialects)
Glottologpaha1251  Pahari Potwari
mirp1238  Mirpur Panjabi

In Kashmir, speakers of Pahari-Pothwari are known as Pahari-Pothwari people

In the Pothwar Plateau, speakers of Pothwari are known as panjistanis or North Punjabis.


It is by recgoinsed the National Census 2023.

Places

Within Pakistan, it is spoken in the Pothohar Plateau and Azad Kashmir and overlaps between these two regions. It is influenced by Sanskrit owing to the numerals which are ik do tre in Pothwari as opposed to ik do tin in Punjabi or ek do teen in Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu).[2]:838 [3]:46

References

  1. "Punjabi University, Patiala". Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  2. Rahman, Tariq. 1997. Language and Ethnicity in Pakistan. Asian Survey, 1997 Sep., 37(9):833-839.
  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.)
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