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Also known as Potohari, Potwari, Pothwari, Punjabi Pothohari, Pothohari Punjabi

Pahari Pothwari is a Lahnda dialect group within the Punjabi group of the Indo-Aryan language family, spoken in the northern half of Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in the most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in the western areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It is known by a variety of names, the most common of which are Pahari (; an ambiguous name also applied to other unrelated languages of India), and Pothwari (or Pothohari).

Key facts

Language.region
Pothohar region of Punjab, Azad Kashmir and western parts of Jammu and Kashmir
Language.speakers
several million
Language.familycolor
Indo-European
Language.fam2
Indo-Iranian
Language.fam3
Indo-Aryan
Language.fam4
Northwestern
Language.fam5
Punjabi
Language.fam6
Lahnda
Language.iso3
phr
Language.glotto
paha1251
Language.glottoname
Pahari Potwari
Language.image
File:Pahari-Pothwari.png
Language.script
Shahmukhi
Language.name
Pahari Pothwari
Language.nativename
، Poṭhohārī, Pahāṛī
Language.states
Pakistan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
dialect
Country
Pakistan
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indigenous to
Azad Kashmir
dialect of
Punjabi
entry in abbreviations table
Pot.
native label
ਪੋਠੋਹਾਰੀ
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