Pahari-Pothwari
Pahari-Pothwari is an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan and India. It has many names, such as Pahari, Pothwari, Pothohari, Punjabi, Mirpuri.
| Pahari-Pothwari | |
|---|---|
| Potwari, Potowari پوٹھوہاری | |
| Native to | Pakistan, India |
| Region | Pothohar region, Azad Kashmir and Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) |
| Ethnicity | Potohari people |
| Native speakers | several million (date missing) |
| Language family | Indo-European
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | phr (includes other dialects) |
Sometimes these Northern Lahnda dialects along with Hindko are submerged under the overall term Panjistani. It is a dialect of Lahnda, Western Punjabi. [1]
In Kashmir, speakers of Pahari-Pothwari are known as Pahari people
In the Pothwar Plateau or Northern Panjab, speakers of Pothwari are known as North Punjabis or Panjistanis.
Places
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
- ik
- do
- tre
- čar
- panj
- čae
- sat
- att
- nou
- das
Pahari-Pothwari Media
Pothwar scenery with hill backdrop
References
- ↑ "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.)