Sohain

E198838

Sohain is a regional dialect of the Potohari language spoken in parts of the Potohar Plateau in Pakistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sohain canonical 1
Sohaini (possible variant name) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
belongsToDialectContinuum Punjabi–Lahnda dialect continuum
linked to: Saraiki
closelyRelatedTo Pahari-Potwari
linked to: Pahari-Potohari

Potohari
codeSwitchingWith Standard Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
country Pakistan
endangermentStatus under-described dialect
hasAlternativeName Sohaini (possible variant name)
linked to: Sohain
hasAncestor Old Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan
hasSuperstrate Urdu (through code-switching)
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
partOf Potohari language
region northern Punjab, Pakistan
linked to: Northern Punjab
sharesLexiconWith Hindko
Punjabi
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
spokenIn Pakistan
Potohar Plateau
status oral tradition dominant
subclassOf Potohari language
typologicalFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment in past transitive clauses
gendered nouns
postpositions instead of prepositions
usedBy local communities in Potohar Plateau
writingSystem Arabic script
Shahmukhi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Potohari hasDialect Sohain
Sohain hasAlternativeName Sohaini (possible variant name)
linked to: Sohain