Pahari-Pothwari | |
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پوٹھواری, پہاڑی Poṭhwārī, Pahāṛī | |
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Native to | Pakistan |
Region | Pothohar region of Punjab, Azad Kashmir and western parts of Jammu and Kashmir, other parts of India including Punjab and Haryana (by partition refugees and descendants) |
Native speakers | several million[a] |
Shahmukhi | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | phr |
Glottolog | paha1251 Pahari Potwari |
Pahari-Pothwari is a Punjabi variety or dialect within the Indo-Aryan language family,[1] spoken in Pothohar region of Punjab and Azad Kashmir in Pakistan; as well as in western parts of Jammu and Kashmir in India.[2] It is known by different names, such as Pahari, Pothwari, Pothohari, Mirpuri.
Pahari-Pothwari is classified within Lahnda (Western Punjabi) and is transitional between Hindko in the west and Majhi in the east. The Punjabi poet, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, wrote in a mix of Majhi and Pothwari.[3]
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