Derawali dialect

For more information, see Punjabi dialects.

Punjabi dialects

Derawali dialect is one of dialect spoken in Pakistani Punjab. It is a dialect of western Punjabi.

Ethology

Its name is derived form Derajaats where it is spoken.

Classification

It had been historically classified as dialect of Punjabi. In 1920’s Garrison in his Linguist Survey of India classified in to Southern cluster of Lahnda (Western Punjabi) and concluded it as a cover term for several dialects spoken in derajaat such as Talochi or Multani. In 1964 Multani along with derawali was termed as Saraiki which is claimed as a separate language.The debate over Saraiki as a separate language or dialect of Punjabi is a issue which could not be resolved to date because Saraiki is also considered as a dialect of Main stream Punjabi because Saraiki is Mutually intangible, Morphologicaly and Syntactically similar with Standard Punjabi and is in fact dialect of Punjabi agreed by majority of local linguists such as Dulai, K Narinder, Gill, Harjeet Singh Gill, A Henry. Gleason (Jr), Koul, N Omkar, Siya Madhu Bala, Afzal Ahmed Cheema, Aamir Malik, Amar Nath as well as modern linguistics publications such as US National advisory Committee based The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) along with modern linguistics such as Cardona and Nataliia Ivanovna Tolstaia classifing Saraiki as a dialect of Punjabi.

Today like all other dialects in Punjab, a process of unification and getting closer to Standard Punjabi (Urdu influenced Majhi written in Shahmukhi), has made it quite similar morphologically, syntactically and mutually intangible with Majhi.

Dialect speaking area

The label of Derawali is used for the dialects of Dera Ismail Khan District Dera Ghazi Khan District and Rajanpur District of Pakistani Punjab areas & Khyber Pukhtunkhawa Province of Pakistan.

Differences in Punjabi Dialects Standard (Majhi), and Southren (Derawali)

English	Majhi or Standard Punjabi. (Central Punjab of Pakistan and India)	Derawali. (Southern parts of Punjab Province)
What, This	Ki, Ae	Kya, Ee
How much, This much, That much	Kinna, Inna, Unna	Kitna, Itnna, Utnna
My, Your, His, Our, Yours, Their, Of	Mayre, Tayra, Oda, Saada, Tuhada, Onaanda, Da	Maydha, Taydha, Usda, Asaada, Tusada, Uninda, Da
Me, To you, Him, To it, Us, To you, Them, To	Maynoo, Taynoo, Onoo, Aynoo, Saanoo, Tuhaanoo, Onaannoo, Noo	Maykhoo, Taykhoo, Uskhoo, iskhoo, asaakhoo, Tusaakhoo, Uneenkooo, khoo
I am, You are, He is, We are, You are, They are (going)	Mae aan, Tu ayn, O ay, Assee aan, Tussi O, O nay (Jaa nda/day (plu) )	Mae haan, Tu hayn, Oo hay, Asaan haan, Tussaan ho, Oo han (Ve aynada/ay (plu) pya/ay )
I was, You were, He was, We were, You were, They were	Mae saan, Tu saen, O si, Assee saan, Tussi so, O sn	Mae haan/m, Tu havaen, Oo hi/aa, Assaan hassay, Tussaan havaen, Oo han
I shall take, You will take, He will take, We shall take, You will take, They will take	Mae lae aan ga, Tu lae ayn ga, O lae i ga, Assee lae aan gay, Tussi lae o gay, O lae aan gay	Mae ghin ays aan, Tu ghin ays ayn, Oo ghin ays i, Assaan ghin ays aan, Tussaan ghin ays o, Oo ghinays n
Go, Come, Happen, Take, See	Ja, Aa, Ho, Le, Vekh	Vnj, Aa, Thee, Ghin, Daykh
Boy, Girl, Women, Man	Munda, Kuri, Znaani, Aadmi	Chohr, Chohir, Aurat, Mard
From, A lot	Toon, Bot	Toon, Baon
One, Two, Nine, Ten	Aek, Do, No, Das	Hikk, Doo, Naa, Daah

External links

• Specimen of Deri - Punjabi at You tube