Majhi dialect

Majhi
Majhi
ਮਾਝੀ, ماجھی
Native to	Pakistan, India
Region	Majha of central Punjab
Ethnicity	Majhi (Majhail) Punjabis
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Punjabi Majhi; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Shahmukhi; Gurmukhī
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	majh1252

Majhi (Gurmukhi: ਮਾਝੀ, Shahmukhi: ماجھی, Punjabi: [mä˦d̆.d͡ʒi˨]^[1]) is the standard dialect of Punjabi^[2] and is spoken in the Majha region of the Punjab. The two most important cities in this area are Lahore and Amritsar because of their historic significance.

^ Mangat Rai Bhardwaj (2016). Panjabi: A Comprehensive Grammar. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-138-79385-9. LCCN 2015042069. OCLC 948602857. OL 35828315M. Wikidata Q23831241.
^ Grierson, George A. (1916). Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. IX Indo-Aryan family. Central group, Part 1, Specimens of western Hindi and Pañjābī. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. p. 609.