Pothohari
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Pahari Pothwari is a Lahnda dialect group within the Punjabi group of the Indo-Aryan language family, spoken in the northern half of Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in the most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in the western areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It is known by a variety of names, the most common of which are Pahari (; an ambiguous name also applied to other unrelated languages of India), and Pothwari (or Pothohari).
Key facts
- Language.region
- Pothohar region of Punjab, Azad Kashmir and western parts of Jammu and Kashmir
- Language.speakers
- several million
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Indo-Iranian
- Language.fam3
- Indo-Aryan
- Language.fam4
- Northwestern
- Language.fam5
- Punjabi
- Language.fam6
- Lahnda
- Language.iso3
- phr
- Language.glotto
- paha1251
- Language.glottoname
- Pahari Potwari
- Language.image
- File:Pahari-Pothwari.png
- Language.script
- Shahmukhi
- Language.name
- Pahari Pothwari
- Language.nativename
- ، Poṭhohārī, Pahāṛī
- Language.states
- Pakistan
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- entry in abbreviations table
- Pot.
- native label
- ਪੋਠੋਹਾਰੀ
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Article
47 sectionsContents
- Geographic distribution and dialects
- Pothohar Plateau
- Mirpur
- Kashmir, Murree and the Galyat
- Diaspora
- Phonology
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Morphology
- Nouns
- Case table
- Oblique form
- Oblique case of nouns
- Vocative case
- Pronouns
- Full pronoun tables
- Verbs
- Adding "i" to root form of verb
- Future tense
- Continuous tense
- Present Continuous
- Past continuous
- Post-positions
- Adverbs and post-positions
- Genitive marker
- Dative and definite object marker
- Adjectives
- Tribal groupings
- Numbering system
- Ordinals
- Vocabulary
- General verbs
- The passives remain the same throughout Punjabi dialects
- The irregular past tense remains the same throughout Punjabi dialects
- ''nā'' and ''khā̃'' (emphatics)
- Family relations
- Body part names
- Words for "coming" and "going"
- Causative verbs
- Words used for "taking" and "bringing"
- Interrogative words
- Pahari-Pothwari vocabulary similarities with other western Punjabi dialects
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Pahari Pothwari is a Lahnda dialect group within the Punjabi group of the Indo-Aryan language family, spoken in the northern half of Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in the most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in the western areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It is known by a variety of names, the most common of which are Pahari (; an ambiguous name also applied to other unrelated languages of India), and Pothwari (or Pothohari).
The group is transitional between Hindko and Majhi-based Standard Punjabi and is mutually intelligible with both. There have been efforts at cultivation as a literary language, although a local standard has not been established yet. The Shahmukhi script is used to write the language, such as in the works of Punjabi poet Mian Muhammad Bakhsh.
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