Pahari-Potwari

PHR

vigorous

Alternate Names: Chibhali, Dhundi-Kairali, Pothohari, Potohari, Potwari

Dialects: Chibhali, Mirpuri, Pahari (Dhundi-Kairali), Pothwari (Potwari), Punchhi (Poonchi). ’Pahari’, hill language; Potwari is the language of the Pothwar Plateau. A chain of related varieties with Punjabi ,, Hindko , ,, and Saraiki ,, also called Greater Panjabi. Degree of similarity to Western Pahari varieties in India unknown. Lexical similarity: 76%–84% among varieties called, Pahari, Potwari, and some called Hindko in Mansehra, Muzzaffarabad, and Mirpuri in Jammu. A member of macrolanguage Lahnda ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Northwestern zone
Lahnda

Demographics: 2,500,000 (Lothers and Lothers 2007).

Writing System: Arabic (Nastaliq)

Nation of Origin: Pakistan

Other Comments: Muslim.