Punjabi dialects
| Punjabi languages | |
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| Ethnicity: | Punjabi people |
| Geographic distribution: | Punjab, Rajasthan |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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Punjabi language has three major dialects.
- Majhi: This is the prestige and standard dialect of Punjabi primarily spoken in Majha region of Punjab, i.e. Sri Amritsar, Lahore, Ferozpur etc.
- Malwai: spoken in Malwa region i.e. Ludhiana, Bathinda etc.
- Doabi: Spoken in Doaba region i.e. Nawanshahr, Jalandhar etc.
Related languages
Punjabi is a language derived from Sanskrit and Pali. Many languages such as Saraiki, Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari, Ajri, and Jafri are all related to Punjabi and form the Lahnda group which is known as Western Punjabi. Eastern Punjabi is the only Punjabi dialect and language spoken in India.[1] The ones in Pakistan such as Hindko and Saraiki are often mixed with other languages such as Sindhi or Pashto.[2][3] The Khetrani language is mixed language of Sindhi and Saraiki.[4] Eastern Punjabi consists of many dialects, but not languages.
References
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780195776928
- ↑ "Siraiki language | Britannica".
- ↑ "The strange and little-known case of Hindko | Mint". Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ↑ Birmani, Ali H.; Ahmed, Fasih (2017). "Language of the Khetrans of Barkhan of Pakistani Balochistan: A preliminary description". Lingua. 191–192: 3–21. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2016.12.003.
