Western Punjabi (other)
Western Punjabi may refer to: *Lahnda, also known as "Western Punjabi", a linguistically defined group of Punjabi dialects and varieties primarily found in Western Punjab *the group of all the Punjabi varieties, whether Lahnda or not, that are spoken in Pakistan *the form of the standard Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ... in Pakistan (ISO 639-3: pnb) See also * Lahanda (other) * Western Punjab (other) * Eastern Punjabi (other) * Pakistani Punjabi (other) * Punjabi (other) {{Disambiguation ...
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Lahnda
Lahnda () () also known as Lahndi or Western Punjabi, is a group of north-western Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India. Its validity as a genetic grouping is not certain. Terms like ''Lahnda'' or ''Western Punjabi'' are exonyms employed by linguists, and are not used by the speakers themselves. Lahnda includes the following languages: Saraiki (spoken mostly in southern Pakistani Punjab by about 26 million people), the diverse varieties of Hindko (with almost five million speakers in north-western Punjab and neighbouring regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, especially Hazara), Pahari/Pothwari (3.5 million speakers in north-central Punjab, Azad Kashmir and parts of Indian Jammu and Kashmir), Khetrani (20,000 speakers in Balochistan), and Inku (a possibly extinct language of Afghanistan). The languages encyclopedia ''Ethnologue'' also subsumes under Lahnda a group of varieties that it labels as "Western Punjabi" (ISO 639-3 code: ''pnb'') – the Ma ...
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Punjabi Dialects And Languages
The Punjabi dialects and languages or Punjabic are a series of dialects and languages spoken in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India with varying degrees of official recognition. They have sometimes been referred to as ''Greater Punjabi''. The literary languages that have developed on the basis of dialects of this area are Standard Punjabi in eastern and central Punjab, Saraiki in the southwest, and Hindko and Pahari-Pothwari in the north and north-west. A distinction is usually made between Punjabi in the east and the diverse group of "Lahnda" in the west. "Lahnda" typically subsumes the Saraiki and Hindko varieties, with Jhangvi and Shahpuri intermediate between the two groups. Commonly recognised Eastern Punjabi dialects include Majhi (the standard), Doabi, Malwai, and Puadhi. The "Lahnda" variety of Khetrani in the far west may be intermediate between Saraiki and Sindhi. The varieties of "Greater Punjabi" have a number of characteristics in common, for example ...
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Punjabi Varieties
The Punjabi dialects and languages or Punjabic are a series of dialects and languages spoken in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India with varying degrees of official recognition. They have sometimes been referred to as ''Greater Punjabi''. The literary languages that have developed on the basis of dialects of this area are Standard Punjabi in eastern and central Punjab, Saraiki in the southwest, and Hindko and Pahari-Pothwari in the north and north-west. A distinction is usually made between Punjabi in the east and the diverse group of "Lahnda" in the west. "Lahnda" typically subsumes the Saraiki and Hindko varieties, with Jhangvi and Shahpuri intermediate between the two groups. Commonly recognised Eastern Punjabi dialects include Majhi (the standard), Doabi, Malwai, and Puadhi. The "Lahnda" variety of Khetrani in the far west may be intermediate between Saraiki and Sindhi. The varieties of "Greater Punjabi" have a number of characteristics in common, for example ...
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Punjabi Language
Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers as per the 2017 census, and the 11th most widely-spoken in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, as per the 2011 census. The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Indic scripts. Punjabi is unusual among the Indo-Aryan languages and the broader Indo-European language family in its usage of lexical tone. History Etymology The word ''Punjabi'' (sometimes spelled ''Panjabi'') has been derived from the word ''Panj-āb'', Persian for 'Five Waters', referring to the ...
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Western Panjabi
Western Punjabi may refer to: *Lahnda, also known as "Western Punjabi", a linguistically defined group of Punjabi dialects and varieties primarily found in Western Punjab *the group of all the Punjabi varieties, whether Lahnda or not, that are spoken in Pakistan *the form of the standard Punjabi language in Pakistan (ISO 639-3: pnb) See also * Lahanda (other) * Western Punjab (other) * Eastern Punjabi (other) * Pakistani Punjabi (other) * Punjabi (other) Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

Lahanda (other)
Lahanda may refer to: * Lahnda Lahnda () () also known as Lahndi or Western Punjabi, is a group of north-western Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India. Its validity as a genetic grouping is not certain. Terms like ''Lahnda'' or ''Western Punja ..., a language group of Western Punjab, Pakistan * Lahanda, Bargarh, a village in Bargarh district, Odisha, India * Lahanda, Kendujhar, a village in Kendujhar district, Odisha, India * Lahanda, Sundargarh, a village in Sundargarh district, Odisha, India * Lahanda, Uttar Dinajpur, a village in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India {{Disambiguation, geo ...
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Western Punjab (other)
Western Punjab may refer to: * Punjab, Pakistan, mostly used in contexts where Eastern Punjab refers to Punjab of India * West Punjab, a former province of the dominion of Pakistan * The western geographic region of Greater Punjab excluding the Lahore region (Central Punjab) See also * Western Punjabi (other) *Eastern Punjab (other) Eastern Punjab may refer to: * Punjab, India, mostly used in contexts where Western Punjab refers to Punjab of Pakistan * East Punjab, a former province of the dominion of India See also * Eastern Punjabi (other) Eastern Punjabi may re ...

Eastern Punjabi (other)
Eastern Punjabi may refer to: *the standard form of the Punjabi language as used in India (rather than Pakistan) *the eastern Punjabi dialects spoken in both India and Pakistan See also * Eastern Punjab (other) * Western Punjabi (other) * Indian Punjabi (other) * Punjabi (other) Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

Pakistani Punjabi (other)
Pakistani Punjabi may refer to: * Punjabis in Pakistan *Western Punjabi (other), several language groups See also *Indian Punjabi (other) *Punjabi (other) Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...