Pahari-Pothwari
| Pahari-Pothwari | |
|---|---|
| Potwari, Potowari | |
| پوٹھوہاری | |
| Native to | Pakistan, India |
| Region | Pothohar region, Azad Kashmir and Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi people |
Native speakers | several million |
Indo-European
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | phr (includes other dialects) |
| Glottolog | paha1251 Pahari Potwarimirp1238 Mirpur Panjabi |
Pahari-Pothwari is an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan and India. It has many names, such as Pahari, Pothwari, Pothohari, Punjabi, Mirpuri. It is a dialect of Punjabi[1]
In Kashmir, speakers of Pahari-Pothwari are known as Pahari people
In the Pothwar Plateau, speakers of Pothwari are known as Punjabis.
Places[change | change source]
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
Numbers[change | change source]
- ik
- do
- tre
- čar
- panj
- čae
- sat
- att
- nou
- das
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Punjabi University, Patiala". Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ↑ Rahman, Tariq. 1997. Language and Ethnicity in Pakistan. Asian Survey, 1997 Sep., 37(9):833-839.
- ↑ 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.)