Pahari-Pothwari people

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The Pothwari people or the Pahari people are a linguistic group native to the Pothohar Plateau in North Western Punjab region in Punjab (Pakistan) and Kashmir.[1] They are the majority in the Pothohar Plateau in Pakistan. A minority are found in Indian Kashmir and Punjab following the partition of 1947.[2]

Speakers of Pothwari are Panjabis.

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  1. "Linguistic Survey of India".
  2. https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/51/43/60/51436058131979368214107509780343634713/silesr2010_012.pdf