Pindi Potohari

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Pindi Potohari is a dialect of Punjabi spoken primarily in and around Rawalpindi in Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kohati Pahari 1
Pindi Potohari canonical 1
Potoharis 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Punjabi dialect
dialect
closelyRelatedTo Pahari-Potwari
linked to: Pahari-Pothwari

Potohari
Standard Punjabi
country Pakistan
hasAlternativeName Pindi Potohari dialect
hasDialectContinuumWith other Potohari varieties
hasMajorCity Rawalpindi
hasPhonologicalSimilarityWith other Punjabi dialects
hasRegion Potohar Plateau
hasScriptUsageContext informal writing
local media (limited)
hasSociolinguisticStatus regional dialect
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
partOf Punjabi language continuum
spokenIn Potohar Plateau
Punjab, Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi District
northern Punjab, Pakistan
subclassOf Indo-Aryan language variety
Lahnda
Potohari dialect
usedBy inhabitants of Rawalpindi region
usedIn everyday communication in Rawalpindi region
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script

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Referenced by (3)

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

Jhelumi closelyRelatedTo Pindi Potohari
Pahari-Potohari hasDialect Kohati Pahari
linked to: Pindi Potohari
Hindkowans relatedEthnicGroup Potoharis
linked to: Pindi Potohari