Dhani, or Dhanni, is a group of Western Punjabi dialects spoken in parts of

Rawalpindi Division Rawalpindi Division, also known as Pothohar Division, is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Rawalpindi city is the capital of the division. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the total population of division was 10 mi ...

(Pothohar) of

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. They are spoken throughout a widespread area, including Chakwal and

Jhelum District Jhelum District (Urdu and pnb, ), is partially in Pothohar Plateau, and partially in Punjab Plain of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Jhelum is one of the oldest districts of Punjab. It was established on 23 March 1849. According to the 1998 ...

s, as well as in neighbouring

Attock District Attock District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city. The district was created in April 1904 by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was C ...

. Its name is derived from Dhan valley where its spoken. The closely related dialect Sohāī̃ is spoken in the

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Classification

In the 1920s G.A. Grierson in his '' Linguistic Survey of India'' called this group North-Western Lahnda. Jatki language is a common name for the Jhangvi dialect, Shahpuri dialect and Dhani dialect. The glotlog codes for these are: * shah1266 * jatk1238 * jang1253 * dhan1272

Dialect speaking areas

Chakwal district of Punjab Province of Pakistan and neighboring districts speak this dialect. *

Chakwal District Chakwal District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is in Pothohar Plateau of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the north of the Punjab province, Chakwal district is bordered by Khushab to its south, Rawalpindi to its north east, Jhelum to its east, Mianwa ...

* Choa Saidanshah *

(in southern parts) *

(in southern parts)

Classification

Dialect speaking areas

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