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Map of dialects of Punjabi and some closely related languages. The Punjabi dialects and languages or Greater Punjabi are a series of dialects and languages spoken around the Punjab region of Pakistan and India with varying degrees of official recognition. [7] They have sometimes been referred to as the Greater Punjabi macrolanguage. [8]
Pages in category "Punjabi dialects" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Dialects of Punjabi. Majhi (Shahmukhi: ماجھی; Gurmukhi: ਮਾਝੀ; Punjabi: [mä˦d̆.d͡ʒi˨] [1]), also known as Central Punjabi, is the most widely-spoken dialect of the Punjabi language, [2] natively spoken in the Majha region of Punjab in present-day Pakistan and India. The dialect forms the basis of Standard Punjabi.
Pages in category "Greater Punjabi languages and dialects" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H.
Another notable difference is that where other Punjabi dialects have /l/ (ਲ) in Malwai many of those words are pronounced with an /r/ (ਰ) or [ɭ̆] (ਲ਼) instead. For example: Majhi dialect 1(ghaddi khalarna), 2 (banda khalota). Malwai dialect 1(ghaddi kharaona), 2 (banda kharota). The following peculiarities in vocabulary are also observed:
Modern Punjabi has two main varieties, Western Punjabi and Eastern Punjabi, which have many dialects and forms, altogether spoken by over 150 million people. The Majhi dialect , which is transitional between the two main varieties, has been adopted as standard Punjabi in India and Pakistan for education and mass media.
Doabi (Standard: [doːaːˈbi]; Doabi: [dʊʋaːˈbi]), also known as Bist Doabi or Jalandhari, is an eastern dialect of the Punjabi language. The dialect is named after the region in which it originated, Doaba or Bist Doab, [1] between the Beas and Sutlej.
Commonly observed in the Lahnda dialects is the use of Ghinṇā (گھِننا) [17] [18] and Aaṇnā (آننا) [19] [20] instead of the Eastern Punjabi words Laiṇā (لَینا) and Lyāṇā (لیانا). Jhangochi and Shahpuri make use of the first set. The Dhani dialect however, seems to lean more towards the former.