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Pahari-Potwari

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3: phr

Population	49,400 (2000).
Region	Murree Hills north of Rawalpindi, and east to Azad Kashmir; north in the lower half of the Neelum Valley. Poonchi dialect is east of Rawalakot; Potwari is in Rawalpindi plains area; Punchhi and Chibhali reportedly in Jammu and Kashmir.
Language maps	Northern Pakistan, reference number 16 Southern Pakistan
Alternate names	Chibhali, Dhundi-Kairali, Pothohari, Potohari, Potwari
Dialects	Pahari (Dhundi-Kairali), Pothwari (Potwari), Chibhali, Punchhi (Poonchi), Mirpuri. Pahari means ‘hill language’ referring to a string of divergent varieties, some of which may be separate languages. A dialect chain with Panjabi and Hindko. Degree of similarity to western Pahari is unknown. Lexical similarity: 76%–83% among varieties called ‘Pahari’, ‘Potwari’, and some called ‘Hindko’ in Mansehra, Muzzaffarabad, and Jammun.
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northern zone, Western Pahari A member of macrolanguage Lahnda [lah] (Pakistan).
Writing system	Arabic script, Nastaliq style.
Comments	Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HALLBERG, Calinda E.; O'LEARY, Clare F.; RENSCH, Calvin R., authors. 1992. Hindko and Gujari.  

LOTHERS, Laura; LOTHERS, Michael David, authors. 2007. Pahari and Pothwari: a sociolinguistic survey.

LOTHERS, Laura; LOTHERS, Michael David, authors. 2010. "Pahari and Pothwari: a sociolinguistic survey."  

LOTHERS, Laura; LOTHERS, Michael, authors. 2012. "Mirpuri Immigrants in England: A Sociolinguistic Survey."  

RENSCH, Calvin R., author. 1992. "The language environment of Hindko-speaking people."