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PHR ISO 639-3

Pahari-Potwari

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Pahari, Pahari-Pothowari, Pothohari, Potohari, Potwari
Population
2,500,000 in Pakistan (Lothers and Lothers 2007). Total users in all countries: 3,541,900.
Location:
Azad Kashmir province: all but far north; Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Abbottabad district; Punjab province: Gujarat, Jhelum, and Rawalpindi districts; Islamabad.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Panjabi, Western Panjabi
Dialects
Pahari (Chibhali, Dhundi-Kairali), Pothwari (Chhachhi, Potwari), Punchhi (Poonchi), Mirpuri, Gujar Khan. ’Pahari’, hill language; Potwari is the language of the Pothwar Plateau. A chain of related varieties with Punjabi [pnb], Hindko [hno], [hnd], and Saraiki [skr], also called Greater Punjabi. 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 [lah].
Language Development
Radio.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Pahari-Potwari
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran], primary usage.
Other Comments
Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Pahari-Potwari
User Population
21,900 in United Kingdom (2011 census).
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Pahari-Potwari
User Population
1,020,000 in India (2000).
Location
Jammu and Kashmir state: Kupware district, near Pakistan border.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Hindu, Sikh.
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Map

Location: Azad Kashmir province: all but far north; Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Abbottabad district; Punjab province: Gujarat, Jhelum, and Rawalpindi districts; Islamabad.