Punjabi dialects

Punjabi has three major dialects.

  1. Majhi- This is the prestige dialect of Punjabi primarily spoken in Majha region of Punjab, i.e. Sri Amritsar, Lahore, Ferozpur etc.
  2. Malwai-spoken in Malwa: ludhiana bathinda etc.
  3. Doabi-Spoken in Doaba:Nawanshahr, Jalandhar etc.
Punjabi languages
Ethnicity:Punjabi people, Saraiki people, Hindkowan, Pothwari people, Khetrani people, Pahari people
Geographic
distribution:		Punjab
Linguistic classification:Indo-European
Subdivisions:
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Punjabi is a language derived from Sanskrit and Pali. Many languages such as Saraiki, Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari, Ajri, and Jafri are all related to Punjabi and form the Lahnda group which is known as Western Punjabi. Eastern Punjabi is the only Punjabi dialect and language spoken in India.[1] The ones in Pakistan such as Hindko and Saraiki are often mixed with other languages such as Sindhi or Pashto.[2][3] The Khetrani language is often debated whether it is a Punjabi-Lahnda language or a Sindhi language.[4] Eastern Punjabi consists of many dialects, but not languages.

References
  1. https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780195776928
  2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Siraiki-language
  3. https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-strange-and-little-known-case-of-hindko-1562400834033.html
  4. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.lingua.2016.12.003


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