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*[[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] (spoken in [[Pakistan]], incl. [[Derawali dialect]]) |
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*[[Western Punjabi]] (spoken in [[Pakistan]]) |
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*[[Jakati language formerly called Southern Lahnda by Sir George Grierson |Jakati]] (spoken in [[Afghanistan]], by migration also in [[Ukraine]]) |
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Western Punjab also refers to Pakistan Punjab. [[Majhi]] is the major dialect of Pakistan Punjab. Depending on interpretation, western Punjabi does not always include the majhi-dialect, as spoken in Majhi-region of Pakistani & Indian Punjab |
Western Punjab also refers to Pakistan Punjab. [[Majhi]] is the major dialect of Pakistan Punjab. Depending on interpretation, western Punjabi does not always include the majhi-dialect, as spoken in Majhi-region of Pakistani & Indian Punjab |
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Revision as of 03:44, 16 January 2012
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| Geographic distribution | Pakistan, Ukraine |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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The Lahnda or Western Punjabi Languages are an Indo-Aryan languages dialect continuum that are Mutually intelligible and are spoken in South Asia.
According to the Ethnologue they include:[1]
- Pahari-Potwari (spoken in Pakistan around Rawalpindi and Jhelum and throughout Pakistan Administered Kashmir)
- Northern Hindko (spoken in Pakistan around Attock and Peshawar)
- Southern Hindko (spoken in Pakistan)
- Khetrani (spoken in Pakistan)
- Shahpuri(spoken in Pakistan)
- Saraiki (spoken in Pakistan, incl. Derawali dialect)
- Western Punjabi (spoken in Pakistan)
- Jakati (spoken in Afghanistan, by migration also in Ukraine)
Western Punjab also refers to Pakistan Punjab. Majhi is the major dialect of Pakistan Punjab. Depending on interpretation, western Punjabi does not always include the majhi-dialect, as spoken in Majhi-region of Pakistani & Indian Punjab
See also
- judrga or eastren Punjabi dialects
- judrgda or eastren Punjabi people
- judrgda or eastren Punjabi language