| Also Known As: Chibhali,Potwari,Dhundi-kairali,Pothohari,Potohari
Description:
The Potwari or Sothern pahari-Potwari Language (also known as Pothohari or Pothwari; Potwari: پوتوری; Urdu: پوٹھوہاری ) Sometimes its called North-Eastern lahnda or modern panjistani is an Indo-European language spoken in the Potwar district around Rawalpindi, Pakistan to the Cease-fire Line (LoC) of Indian administered Kashmir de-facto border in the Mirpur and Kotli district of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and as well as in Sui Cheemian (Gujar Khan). It is closely related to Punjabi. Dialects include Pahari (Dhundi-Kairali), Pothwari (Potwari), Chibhali, Pindiwali, Punchhi (Poonchi), and Mirpuri. (Mirpuri can also refer to Mirpur Punjabi, a Lahnda language closely related to Western Punjabi.)
It was sir George Gierson in his famous LSI work that he called this LAHNDA sub-group, NORTH-EASTERN LAHNDA (OR MODERN Pahiri/PANJISTANI), AND NORTH-WESTERN LAHNDA (OR MODERN HINDKO) AND SOUTHERN LAHNDA (OR MODERN MULTANI/SERAIKI).
There is some dialect continuum with Hindko and the Jhelumi and Mirpuri dialects of Punjabi.
NOTHERN LAHNDA,POTWARI, PAHIRI OR MORE USAULLY IN MODERN LITERURE STD. PANJISTANI is the second most spoken language of Kashmir (with Kashmiri being the first). It is the..... full article at Wikipedia |
Location of Pahari-Potwari Language Speakers
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32.016245, 71.692582, Pakistan
49.837982, 105.820313, Asia</googlemap>
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