Pahari-Pothwari

The Western Punjabi language variety^[b] spoken on the Pothohar Plateau in the far north of Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in western areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, is known by a variety of names, the most common of which are Pahari (English: /pəˈhɑːri/;^[1] an ambiguous name also applied to unrelated languages of India), and Pothwari (or Pothohari).

Pahari-Pothwari
پوٹھواری, پہاڑی Poṭhwārī, Pahāṛī
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Pothohar region of Punjab, Azad Kashmir and western parts of Jammu and Kashmir, other parts of India including Punjab and Haryana (by partition refugees and descendants)
Native speakers	several million^[a]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Punjabi Lahnda (Western Punjabi) Pahari-Pothwari
Writing system	Shahmukhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	phr
Glottolog	paha1251  Pahari Potwari

The language variety is transitional between Hindko and Standard Punjabi^[2] and is mutually intelligible with both.^[3] There have been efforts at cultivation as a literary language variety,^[4] although a local standard has not been established yet.^[5] The Shahmukhi script is used to write the language, such as in the works of Mian Muhammad Bakhsh.

Grierson in his early 20th-century Linguistic Survey of India assigned it to a so-called "Northern cluster" of Lahnda (Western Punjabi), but this classification, as well as the validity of the Lahnda grouping in this case, have been called into question.^[6] In a sense both Pothwari, as well as other Western Punjabi varieties, and Standard Panjabi are "dialects" of a "Greater Punjabi" macrolanguage.^[7]

Geographic distribution and dialects

 

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Azad Kashmir and surrounding areas with some of the locations mentioned in this section. Places where Pahari–Pothwari is spoken are in dark red.

There are at least three major dialects: Pothwari, Mirpuri and Pahari.^[c] The Pothwari spoken in Gujar Khan is regarded as the most prestigious dialect of Pothwari spoken in Pakistan.^[8]

The dialects are mutually intelligible,^[9] but the difference between the northernmost and the southernmost dialects (from Muzaffarabad and Mirpur respectively) is enough to cause difficulties in understanding.^[10]

Pothohar Plateau

Pothwari (پوٹھواری), also spelt Potwari, Potohari and Pothohari (پوٹھوہاری),^[11] is spoken in the Pothohar Plateau of northern Punjab,^[12] an area administratively within Rawalpindi division.^[13] Pothwari is its most common name, and some call it Pindiwal Punjabi to differentiate it from the Punjabi spoken elsewhere in Punjab.^[14]

 

Pothwar scenery with hill backdrop

Pothwari extends southwards up to the Salt Range, with the city of Jhelum marking the border with Majha Punjabi. To the north, Pothwari transitions into the Pahari-speaking area, with Bharakao, near Islamabad, generally regarded as the point where Pothwari ends and Pahari begins.^[15] Pothwari has been represented by their own people and their own community as they re-presented with their own ethnic group, ^[5].{{efn| For example, according to the 1981 census report for Rawalpindi District, 85.1% of households had Pothwari as mother tongue.

Among the dialects of the Pahari-Pothwari dialect cluster, the variety spoken on the Pothohar is the only native langauahe in the Rawalpindi division and it is ethno-lingustic group.^{[citation needed]} This Pothwari is also regarded as the most prestigious dialect spoken in the region.^{[citation needed]}

Mirpur

East of the Pothwari areas, across the Jhelum River into Mirpur District in Azad Kashmir, the language is more similar to Pothwari than to the Pahari spoken in the rest of Azad Kashmir.^[16] Locally it is known by a variety of names:^[d] Pahari, Mirpur Pahari, Mirpuri,^[e] and Pothwari,^[17] while some of its speakers call it Punjabi.^[18] Mirpuris possess a strong sense of Kashmiri identity that overrides linguistic identification with closely related groups outside Azad Kashmir, such as the Pothwari Punjabis.^[19] The Mirpur region has been the source of the greater part of Pakistani immigration to the UK, a process that started when thousands were displaced by the construction of the Mangla Dam in the 1960s and emigrated to fill labour shortages in England.^[20] The British Mirpuri diaspora now numbers several hundred thousand, and Pahari has been argued to be the second most common mother tongue in the UK, yet the language is little known in the wider society there and its status has remained surrounded by confusion.^[21]

Kashmir, Murree and the Galyat

Pahari (پہاڑی) is spoken to the north of Pothwari. The central cluster of Pahari dialects is found around Murree.^[22] This area is in the Galyat: the hill country of Murree Tehsil in the northeast of Rawalpindi District (just north of the capital Islamabad) and the adjoining areas in southeastern Abbottabad District.^[23] One name occasionally found in the literature for this language is Dhundi-Kairali (Ḍhūṇḍī-Kaiṛālī), a term first used by Grierson^[24] who based it on the names of the two major tribes of the area – the Kairal and the Dhund.^[12] Its speakers call it Pahari in Murree tehsil, while in Abbottabad district it is known as either Hindko or Ḍhūṇḍī.^[25] Nevertheless, Hindko – properly the language of the rest of Abbottabad District and the neighbouring areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – is generally regarded as a different language.^[26] It forms a dialect continuum with Pahari, ^[12] and the transition between the two is in northern Azad Kashmir and in the Galyat region. For example, on the road from Murree northwest towards the city of Abbottabad, Pahari gradually changes into Hindko between Ayubia and Nathiagali.^[27]

A closely related dialect is spoken across the Jhelum River in Azad Kashmir, north of the Mirpuri areas. Names associated in the literature with this dialect are Pahari (itself the term most commonly used by the speakers themselves), Chibhālī,^[28] named after the Chibhal region^[29] or the Chibh ethnic group,^[13] and Poonchi (پونچھی, also spelt Punchhi). The latter name has been variously applied to either the Chibhali variety specific to the district of Poonch,^[30] or to the dialect of the whole northern half of Azad Kashmir.^[31] This dialect (or dialects) has been seen either as a separate dialect from the one in Murree,^[24] or as belonging to the same central group of Pahari dialects.^[32] The dialect of the district of Bagh, for example, has more shared vocabulary with the core dialects from Murree (86–88%) than with the varieties of either Muzaffarabad (84%) or Mirpur (78%).^[33]

In Muzaffarabad the dialect shows lexical similarity^[f] of 83–88% with the central group of Pahari dialects, which is high enough for the authors of the sociolinguistic survey to classify it is a central dialect itself, but low enough to warrant noting its borderline status.^[34] The speakers however tend to call their language Hindko^[35] and to identify more with the Hindko spoken to the west,^[36] despite the lower lexical similarity (73–79%) with the core Hindko dialects of Abbottabad and Mansehra.^[37] Further north into the Neelam Valley the dialect, now known locally as Parmi, becomes closer to Hindko.^[38]

Pahari is also spoken further east across the Line of Control into the Pir Panjal mountains in Indian Jammu and Kashmir. The population, estimated at 1 million,^[39] is found in the region between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers: most significantly in the districts of Poonch and Rajouri, to a lesser extent in neighbouring Baramulla and Kupwara,^[40] and also – as a result of the influx of refugees during the Partition of 1947 – scattered throughout the rest of Jammu and Kashmir.^[41] Pahari is among the regional languages listed in the sixth schedule of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir.^[42] This Pahari is sometimes conflated with the Western Pahari languages spoken in the mountainous region in the south-east of Indian Jammu and Kashmir. These languages, which include Bhadarwahi and its neighbours, are often called "Pahari", but they are not closely related to Pahari–Pothwari.^[43]

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels of Pahari

	Front		Central		Back
	oral	nasal	oral	nasal	oral	nasal
Close	iː	ĩː			uː	ũː
Near-close	ɪ				ʊ
Mid	e eː	ẽː	ə		o oː
Open	æ æː		aː	ãː

Vowels of Pothwari

	Front		Central		Back
	oral	nasal	oral	nasal	oral	nasal
Close	i iː	ĩ ĩː			u uː	ũ ũː
Mid	e	ẽ	ɐ	ɐ̃	o	õ
Open					ɑ	ɑ̃

A long diphthong /ɑi/ can be realized as [äː].^[44]

Consonants

Consonants of Pahari^[45]

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t̪	t	t͡ʃ	k
	aspirated	pʰ	t̪ʰ	tʰ	t͡ʃʰ	kʰ
	voiced	b	d̪	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f		s	ʃ	x
	voiced	v		z		ɣ	ɦ
Nasal		m		n		ŋ
Approximant				l	j
Tap/Trill				r	ɽ

Consonants of Pothwari^[44]

		Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar/ Uvular	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t	ʈ		k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	ʈʰ		kʰ
	voiced	b	d	ɖ		ɡ
	breathy	bʱ	dʱ	ɖʱ		ɡʱ
Affricate	voiceless		t͡s
	aspirated		t͡sʰ
	voiced		d͡z
Fricative	voiceless	(f)	s		ʃ	(χ)	h
	voiced	v	z		(ʒ)	(ʁ)
Nasal		m	n	ɳ
Approximant			l	ɭ	j
Tap/Trill			r	ɽ

• Sounds [f, ʒ, χ, ʁ, q] are heard from Persian and Arabic loanwords.
• /h/ is realized as voiced [ɦ] in word-initial position.
• /n/ before a velar consonant can be heard as [ŋ].^[44]

Notable Features

Future Tense

The future tense in Pothwari is formed by adding -s as opposed to the Eastern Punjabi gā.^[46]

This tense is also used in other Western Punjabi dialects such as the Jatki dialects, Shahpuri, Jhangochi and Dhanni, as well as in and Hindko and Saraiki.^[47]

English	Pothwari			Eastern Punjabi
	Transliteration	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Transliteration	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi
I will do	Mãi karsā̃	مَیں کرساں	ਮੈਂ ਕਰਸਾਂ	Mãi karāngā	مَیں کرانگا	ਮੈਂ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ
We will do	Asā̃ karsā̃	اَساں کرساں	ਅਸਾਂ ਕਰਸਾਂ	Asī̃ karānge	اَسِیں کرانگے	ਅਸੀਂ ਕਰਾਂਗੇ
You will do (s)	Tū̃ karsãi	تُوں کرسَیں	ਤੂੰ ਕਰਸੈਂ	Tū̃ karãigā	تُوں کریں گا	ਤੂੰ ਕਰੇਂਗਾ
You will do (p)	Tusā̃ karso	تُساں کرسو	ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕਰਸੋ	Tusī̃ karoge	تُسِیں کروگے	ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਰੋਗੇ
He/She will do	Ó karsi	اوه کَرسی	ਓਹ ਕਰਸੀ	Ó karega	اوه کرے گا	ਓਹ ਕਰੇਗਾ
They will do	Ó karsan	اوہ کرسن	ਓਹ ਕਰਸਨ	Ó karaṇge	اوه کرݨ گے	ਓਹ ਕਰਣਗੇ

This type of future tense was also used by classical Punjabi poets. Punjabi poet Bulleh Shah sometimes uses a similar form of future tense in his poetry^[48]

Shahmukhi: جو کُجھ کَرسین, سو کُجھ پاسیں

Transliteration: Jo kujh karsãi, so kujh paasãi

Translation: Whatsoever you do, is what you shall gain

- From one of Bulleh Shah's poems^[49]

Continuous Tense

Similar to Jatki, Hindko, and other Western Punjabi dialects, Pothwari also uses pyā to signify the continuous tense.^[50]

Some Majhi sub-dialects also utilize this tense.

English	Pothwari
	Transliteration	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi
I am doing	Mãi karna pya aan	میں کرنا پیا آں	ਮੈਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ
We are doing	Asā̃ karnay paye aan	اساں کرنے پئے آں	ਅਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਆਂ
You are doing (sing, m.)	Tū̃ karna pya ain	تُوں کرنا پیا ایں	ਤੂੰ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਐਂ
You are doing (sing, f.)	Tū̃ karni pyi ain	تُوں کرنی پئی ایں	ਤੂੰ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ ਐਂ
You are doing (plural)	Tusā̃ karnay paye o	تُساں کرنے پئے او	ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਓ
He is doing	Ó karna pya ae	اوہ کرنا پیا اے	ਉਹ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ
She is doing	Ó karni pyi ae	اوہ کرنی پئے اے	ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ ਐ
They are doing (m.)	Ó karnay paye in	اوہ کرنے پئے اِن	ਉਹ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਇਨ
They are doing (f.)	Ó karniyan pyian in	اوہ کرنیاں پئِیاں اِن	ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀਆਂ ਪਈਆਂ ਇਨ

The place of "pyā" may sometimes be switched with respect to the verb.

"Tusā̃ bahoon changā kamm paye karnay o", meaning "You (plural) are doing a very good thing"

"Mãi vi tān ehe gall karnā sān pyā", meaning "I was also saying the same thing"

"Mãi vi tān ehe gall pyā karna aan", meaning "I am also saying the same thing"

Past Tense

The past tense in Pothwari resembles that of Eastern Punjabi, however depending on the dialect, there may be slight variations.

English	Pothohari	Majhi
I was doing	میں کرنا پیا ساں ਮੈਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਸਾਂ	میں کردا پیا ساں ਮੈਂ ਕਰਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਸਾਂ
We were doing	اساں کرنے پئے سیاں اساں کرنے پئے ساں ਅਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਸਿਆਂ/ਸਾਂ	اسِیں کردے پئے ساں ਅਸੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਪਏ ਸਾਂ
You were doing (sing.)	تُوں کرنا پیا سَیں ਤੂੰ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਸੈਂ	تُوں کردا پیا سیں ਤੂੰ ਕਰਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਸੈਂ
You were doing (pl.)	تُساں کرنے پئے سیو تُساں کرنے پِئے سو ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਸਿਓ/ਸੋ	تُسِیں کردے پئے سو ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਪਏ ਸੋ
He was doing	اوہ کرنا پیا سا اوہ کرنا پیا سی ਉਹ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਸਾ/ਸੀ	اوہ کردا پیا سی ਉਹ ਕਰਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਸੀ
She was doing	اوہ کرنی پئی سی ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ ਸੀ	اوہ کردی پئی سی ਉਹ ਕਰਦੀ ਪਈ ਸੀ
They were doing (m.)	اوہ کرنے پئے سے اوہ کرنے پئے سن ਉਹ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਸੇ/ਸਨ	اوہ کردے پئے سن ਉਹ ਕਰਦੇ ਪਏ ਸਨ
They were doing (f.)	اوہ کرنِیاں پئیاں سِیاں اوہ کرنِیاں پئیاں سن ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀਆਂ ਪਈਆਂ ਸੀਆਂ/ਸਨ	اوہ کردِیاں پئیاں سن ਉਹ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਪਈਆਂ ਸਨ

Tribal groupings

Pahari-Pothwari speakers belong to the same tribes found in Punjab. While the names of the tribes remain the same, the Punjabi word for tribe Birādrī/Barādarī (برادری) becomes Bilādrī/Balādarī (بل ادری) in Pahari-Pothwari.

Numbering system

Pahari-Pothwari follows the numbering traditions of Standard Punjabi. A point of departure from Eastern Punjabi dialects occurs in the use of Trai (ترَے) instead of Tinn (تِنّ) for the number 3. Western Punjabi and Doabi also tend to use trai over tinn.^[51]

Similarly, Pothwari and other Western Punjabi dialects use "Yārā̃" (یاراں) for "Gyarā̃" (گیاراں), "Trei" (ترئی) for "Tei" (تئی) "Panji" (پنجِی) for "Pachchi" (پچّی) and "Trih" (ترِیہہ) for "Tih" (تِیہہ), for the numbers 11, 23, 25, and 30.

English		Pothwari and Punjabi
Numbers	Numerals	Transliteration	Shahmukhi	Numerals
One	1	ikk	اِکّ	۱
Two	2	do	دو	۲
Three	3	trai	ترَے	۳
Four	4	chār	چار	۴
Five	5	panj	پَنج	۵
Six	6	che	چھے	۶
Seven	7	satt	سَتّ	۷
Eight	8	aṭṭh	اَٹّھ	۸
Nine	9	nau	نَو	۹
Ten	10	das	دَس	۱۰

Ordinals

The ordinal numbers are largely the same. The only difference occurs in the words for Second and Third. Second is Doowa (دووا) in Pothwari, whilst it is Dooja (دوجا) in Punjabi. Likewise Third is Treeya (تریا) in Pothwari whilst it is Teeja (تیجا) in Punjabi. Western Punjabi in general tends to follow this trend.

English	Pothwari		Standard Punjabi		Jatki
Ordinals	Shahmukhi	Transliteration	Shahmukhi	Transliteration	Shahmukhi	Transliteration
First	پہلا	Pehla	پہلا	Pehla	پہلا	Pehla
Second	دووا	Dūwā	دوجا	Dūjjā	دووا / دُوجا	Dūwā / Dūjjā
Third	تریا	Triyā	تیجا	Tījjā	ترِجیا	Trījjā
Fourth	چوتھا	Chottha	چوتھا	Chottha	چوتھا	Chottha

Possessive pronouns:

The possessive pronouns in Pothwari differ from that of Standard Punjabi and other Lahnda dialects.

English	Pothwari		Jatki				Hindko
			Jhangvi/Shahpuri		Dhanni
	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi
Mine	مہاڑا	ਮਹਾੜਾ	میرا	ਮੇਰਾ	مَینڈھا	ਮੈਂਢਾ	مڑھا	ਮੜ੍ਹਾ
Yours (sing.)	تَہاڑا	ਤਹਾੜਾ	تیرا	ਤੇਰਾ	تَینڈھا	ਤੈਂਢਾ	تُڑھا	ਤੁੜ੍ਹਾ
Yours (plural.)	تُساں نا	ਤੁਸਾਂ ਨਾ	تُہاڈا	ਤੁਹਾਡਾ	تُساڈا / تُساں دا	ਤੁਸਾਡਾ / ਤੁਸਾਂ ਦਾ	تُساں دا	ਤੁਸਾਂ ਦਾ
Ours	اساں نا / ساہڑا	ਅਸਾਂ ਨਾ / ਸਾਹੜਾ	ساڈا	ਸਾਡਾ	اساڈا / اساں دا	ਅਸਾਡਾ / ਅਸਾਂ ਦਾ	اساں دا	ਅਸਾਂ ਦਾ

Object marker

The object marker in Pothwari is kī (ਕੀ /کی) as opposed to nū̃ (ਨੂੰ / نوں) in Standard Punjabi.

For example:

The phrase: lokkā̃ nū̃ (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ / لوکاں نوں), meaning "to the people" in Standard Punjabi, would become lokkā̃ kī (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਕੀ / لوکاں کی) in Pothwari.

Hence, the personal pronouns would be as follows:

English	Pothohari		Standard Punjabi
	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi
To me	میکی	ਮਿਕੀ	مَینُوں	ਮੈਨੂੰ
To you (sing.)	تُکی	ਤੁਕੀ	تَینُوں	ਤੈਨੂੰ
To you (plural.)	تُساں کی	ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕੀ	تُہانُوں	ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ
To us	اساں کی	ਅਸਾਂ ਕੀ	سانُوں	ਸਾਨੂੰ
To him/her	اُس کی	ਉਸ ਕੀ	اوہنُوں	ਓਹਨੂੰ

Genitive marker

The genitive marker in Pothwari is represented through the use of nā (ਨਾ / نا) as opposed to dā (ਦਾ / دا).^[52]

For example:

The phrase: lokkā̃ dā (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ / لوکاں دا), meaning "people's" or "of the people" in Pothwari, would become lokkā̃ nā (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨਾ / لوکاں نا).

This also affects some of the possessive pronouns as described above.

It should also be noted that in Pothwari, the present form of verb does not end with the standard dā sound either, and is replaced with nā.

For example:

Miki eh nahi si chāhinā (میکی ایہہ نہیں سی چاہی نا), meaning "This is not what I wanted"

Oh kay pyā ākhnā ae? (اوہ کے پیا آخنا اے؟), meaning "What is he saying?"

This also affects the common Punjabi passive tense:

Isrā̃ nahi ākhee nā (اِسراں نہیں آکھی نا), instead of "ākhee dā", meaning "This is now how it should be said"

Oblique case of nouns

Pothwari has unique forms for nouns in oblique cases. This is not observed in Standard Punjabi, but is seen in Hindko.^[53]

English	Pothwari		Standard Punjabi
	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi
Housework	گھرے نا کمّ	ਘਰੇ ਨਾ ਕੰਮ	کھر دا کمّ	ਘਰ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ
Dinner	راتی نی روٹی	ਰਾਤੀ ਨੀ ਰੋਟੀ	رات دی روٹی	ਰਾਤ ਦੀ ਰੋਟੀ
In a young age	نِکّی عُمرے وِچّ	ਨਿੱਕੀ ਉਮਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ	نِکّی عُمر وِچّ	ਨਿੱਕੀ ਉਮਰ ਵਿੱਚ
On my heart	مہاڑے دِلّے اپّر	ਮਹਾੜੇ ਦਿਲੇ ਅੱਪਰ	میرے دِل تے	ਮੇਰੇ ਦਿਲ ਤੇ
With care	دھیانے نال	ਧਿਆਨੇ ਨਾਲ	دھیان نال	ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ
Patiently	ارماے نال	ਅਰਾਮੇ ਨਾਲ	ارام نال	ਅਰਾਮ ਨਾਲ
To my sister	بھینُو کی	ਭੈਣੂ ਕੀ	بھین نُوں	ਭੈਣ ਨੂੰ
For my brother	بھراووُ آسطے	ਭਰਾਊ ਆਸਤੇ	بھرا آسطے	ਭਰਾ ਆਸਤੇ
Important detail	کمّے نی گلّ	ਕੰਮੇ ਨੀ ਗੱਲ	کمّ دی گلّ	ਕੰਮ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ
There's no accounting for taste	شَونقے نا کوئی مُل نہیں ہونا	ਸ਼ੌਂਕੇ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਮੁੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋਣਾ	شَونق دا کوئی مُل نہیں ہوندا	ਸ਼ੌਂਕ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਮੁੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ
Understand the point	گلّے کی سمجھ	ਗੱਲੇ ਕੀ ਸਮਝ	گلّ نُوں سمجھ	ਗੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਝ

Adding "i" to root form of verb

A peculiar feature of Pothwari is to end the basic root form of verbs with an "i" sound.^[54]

English	Pothwari		Standard Punjabi
	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi
It happened	ہوئی گیا	ਹੋਈ ਗਿਆ	ہو گیا	ਹੋ ਗਿਆ
It may be possible	ہوئی سکنا اے	ਹੋਈ ਸਕਣਾ ਐ	ہو سکدا اے	ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਐ
Together	رلی مِلی تے	ਰਲੀ ਮਿਲੀ ਤੇ	رل مِل کے	ਰਲ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ
Finish it	مُکائی چھوڑ	ਮੁਕਾਈ ਛੋੜ	مُکا چھڈّ/چھوڑ	ਮੁਕਾ ਛੋੜ/ਛੱਡ
Look	تکّی گھِنو	ਤੱਕੀ ਘਿਨੋ	تکّ لوو	ਤੱਕ ਲਵੋ
Come back after having lunch	روٹی کھائی تے مُڑی اچھِیں	ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਈ ਤੇ ਮੁੜੀ ਅਛੀਂ	روٹی کھا کے مُڑ آوِیں	ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾ ਕੇ ਮੁੜ ਆਵੀਂ
Eat it	کھائی گھِن	ਖਾਈ ਘਿਨ	کھا لَے	ਖਾ ਲੈ
Sit quietly for once	کدے ٹِکی تے بہی وی جایا کر	ਕਦੇ ਟਿੱਕੀ ਤੇ ਬਹੀ ਵੀ ਜਾਇਆ ਕਰ	کدے ٹِک کے بہہ وی جایا کر	ਕਦੇ ਟਿੱਕ ਕੇ ਬਹਿ ਵੀ ਜਾਇਆ ਕਰ

Vocabulary

Words for "Coming" and "Going"

The Pothwari word for "coming" is acchṇā, whereas for "going" gacchṇā, julṇā and jāṇā are used.^[54]

English	Pothwari		Jatki		Standard Punjabi
	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi	Shahmukhi	Gurmukhi
I am coming	میں اچھنا پیا آں	ਮੈਂ ਅਛਣਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ	میں آندا پیا آں	ਮੈਂ ਆਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ	میں آؤندا پیا آں	ਮੈਂ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ
I am going	میں گچھنا پیا آں میں جانا پیا آں	ਮੈਂ ਗਛਣਾ/ਜਾਣਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ	میں ویندا/جاندا پیا آں	ਮੈਂ ਵੇਂਦਾ/ਜਾਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ	میں جاندا پیا آں	ਮੈਂ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ
I am not understanding	میکی سمجھ نہیں اچھنی پئی	ਮਿਕੀ ਸਮਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਅਛਣੀ ਪਈ	مینُوں سمجھ نہیں آندی پئی	ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਮਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਂਦੀ ਪਈ	مینُوں سمجھ نہیں آندی پئی	ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਮਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਂਦੀ ਪਈ
I will leave tomorrow	میں کلّ گیساں میں کلّ جاساں	ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਗੇਸਾਂ/ਜਾਸਾਂ	میں کلّ ویساں میں کلّ جاساں	ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਵੇਸਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਵੇਸਾਂ ਜਾਸਾਂ	میں کلّ جاواں گا	ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਜਾਵਾਂਗਾ
We are going for work	اساں کمّے اپّر جُلے آں	ਅਸਾਂ ਕੰਮੇ ਅੱਪਰ ਜੁਲੇ ਆਂ	اسِیں کمّ تے چلے آں	ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਮ ਤੇ ਚਲੇ ਆਂ	اسِیں کمّ تے چلّے آں	ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਮ ਤੇ ਚਲੇ ਆਂ
It happens	ہوئی گچھنا اے ہوئی جُلنا اے ہوئی جانا اے	ਹੋਈ ਗਛਣਾ ਐ ਹੋਈ ਜੁਲਣਾ ਐ ਹੋਈ ਜਾਣਾ ਐ	ہو ویندا اے ہو جاندا اے	ਹੋ ਵੇਂਦਾ ਐ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਐ	ہو جاندا اے	ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਐ
Sit down	بہی جُل بہی گچھ بہی جا	ਬਹੀ ਜੁਲ ਬਹੀ ਗਛ ਬਹੀ ਜਾ	بہہ ونج بہہ جا	ਬਹਿ ਵੰਜ ਬਹਿ ਜਾ	بہہ جا	ਬਹਿ ਜਾ
I will take him along	اُسکی وی نال گھِنی جاساں اُسکی وی نال گھِنی جُلساں	ਉਸਕੀ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜਾਸਾਂ ਉਸਕੀ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜੁਲਸਾਂ	اوہنُوں وی نال لے ویساں/جاساں اوہنُوں وی نال گھِن ویساں	ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਵੇਸਾਂ/ਜਾਸਾਂ ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਵੇਸਾਂ	اوہنُوں وی نال لَے جاواں گا	ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਜਾਵਾਂਗਾ

The imperative for gacchṇā is both gacch and gau.

Causative verbs

Pothwari causative verbs end with -ālnā.^[55]

English	Pothwari	Standard Punjabi	Jatki
To cause to eat	کھوالنا	کھواؤنا / کھوانا	کھواونا
To cause to drink	پیالنا	پیانا / پیاؤنا	پِواوَنا
To cause to bathe	نہوالنا	نہوانا / نہواؤنا	نہواوَنا
To cause to wash	دھووانا	دھووانا / دھوواؤنا	دھوواوَنا
To cause to cry	رووالنا	رووانا / روواؤنا	روواوَنا
To cause to sleep	سوالنا	سواؤنا / سوانا	سواوَنا
To cause to sit	بہالنا	بہاؤنا / بہانا	بہاوَنا
To cause to stand	اُٹھالنا	اُٹھاوَنا / اُٹھانا	اُٹھاوَنا

Words used for "Taking" and "Bringing"

Commonly observed in the Lahnda dialects is the use of Ghinṇā (گھِننا)^[56][57] and Aaṇnā (آننا)^[58][59] instead of the Eastern Punjabi words Laiṇā (لَینا) and Lyāṇā (لیانا).

Notice how Ghin āo becomes Ghini achho, and Ghin ghidā becomes Ghini ghidā in accordance with Pothwari grammar and vocabulary.

English	Jatki		Pothohari	Hindko	Saraiki
	Shahpuri/Jhangochi	Dhanni
From tomorrow onwards, I'll also bring it for you, just cope for today.	کلّ توں میں تُہانُوں وی لیا دِتّا کرساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر لوو ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਲਿਆ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਕਰਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਲਵੋ	کلّ توں میں تُسانُوں وی آݨ دِتّا کریساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر گھِنو ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਆਣ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਕਰੇਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਘਿਨੋ	کلّ توں میں تُساں کی وی آݨی دیا کرساں، اجّ گُزارہ کری گھِنو ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕੀ ਵੀ ਆਣੀ ਦਿਆ ਕਰਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰੀ ਘਿਨੋ	کلّ توں میں تُساں آں وی آݨ دیا کرساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر گھِنو ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਆਂ ਵੀ ਆਣ ਦਿਆ ਕਰਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਘਿਨੋ	کلّ توں میں تُہاکُوں وی آݨ ڈِتّا کریساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر گھِنو ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਕੂੰ ਵੀ ਆਣ ਡਿੱਤਾ ਕਰੇਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਘਿਨੋ
Bring him along as well.	اوہنُوں وی نال لَے آوو ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਆਵੋ	اوہنُوں وی نال گھِن آوو ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਆਵੋ	اُسکی وی نال گھِنی اچھو ਉਸਕੀ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਅਛੋ	اُساں وی نال گھِن آؤ ਉਸਾਂ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਆਓ	اُوکُوں وی نال گھِن آوو ਊਕੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਆਵੋ
They took it from me as well	اُنھاں میرے کولُوں وی لَے لیا ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਲੈ ਲਿਆ	اُنھاں مینڈھے کولُوں وی گھِن گھِدا ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੈਂਢੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨ ਘਿਦਾ	اُنھاں مہاڑے کولُوں وی گھِنی گھِدا ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮਹਾੜੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨੀ ਘਿਦਾ	اُنھان مڑھے کولُوں وی گھِن گھِدا ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੜ੍ਹੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨ ਘਿਦਾ	اُنھاں میڈے کولُوں وی گھِن گھِدا ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੈਂਡੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨ ਘਿਦਾ
He is bringing	اوہ لیاندا پیا اے ਓਹ ਲਿਆਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ	اوہ اݨیدا پیا اے ਓਹ ਅਣੇਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ	اوہ آݨنا پیا اے ਓਹ ਆਣਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ	اوہ آݨدا پیا اے ਓਹ ਆਣਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ	اوہ اݨیدا پیا اے ਓਹ ਅਣੇਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ
We will also have to bring them back	اُنھاں نُوں واپس وی لیاوَݨا ہوسی ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਲਿਆਵਣਾ ਹੋਸੀ	اُنھاں نُوں واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ	اُنھاں کی واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੀ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ	اُنھاں آں واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਆਂ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ	اُنھاں کُوں واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੂੰ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ
Eat it	کھا لَے ਖਾ ਲੈ	کھا گھِن ਖਾ ਘਿਨ	کھائی گھِن ਖਾਈ ਘਿਨ	کھا گھِن ਖਾ ਘਿਨ	کھا گھِن ਖਾ ਘਿਨ
Bring it Brought it	چا لیاؤ چا لیاندا ਚਾ ਲਿਆਓ ਚਾ ਲਿਆਂਦਾ	چا آݨو چا آندا ਚਾ ਆਣੋ ਚਾ ਆਂਦਾ	چائی آݨو چائی آندا ਚਾਈ ਆਣੋ ਚਾਈ ਆਂਦਾ	چا آݨو چا آندا ਚਾ ਆਣੋ ਚਾ ਆਂਦਾ	چا آݨو چا آندا ਚਾ ਆਣੋ ਚਾ ਆਂਦਾ
Take it Took it	چا لوو چا لیا ਚਾ ਲਵੋ ਚਾ ਲਿਆ	چا گھِنو چا گھِدا ਚਾ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾ ਘਿਦਾ	چائی گھِنو چائی گھِدا ਚਾਈ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾਈ ਘਿਦਾ	چا گھِنو چا گھِدا ਚਾ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾ ਘਿਦਾ	چا گھِنو چا گھِدا ਚਾ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾ ਘਿਦਾ
He will take him along	اوہ ایہنُوں نال لَے ویسی اوہ ایہنُوں لے جاسی ਉਹ ਇਹਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਵੇਸੀ/ਜਾਸੀ ਉਹ ਇਹਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਜਾਸੀ	اوہ ایہنُوں نال گھِن ویسی ਉਹ ਇਹਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਵੈਸੀ	اوہ اِسکی نال گھِنی گیسی اوہ اِسکی نال گھِنی جُلسی اوہ اِسکی نال گھِنی جاسی ਉਹ ਇਸਕੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਗੇਸੀ ਉਹ ਇਸਕੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜੁਲਸੀ ਉਹ ਇਸਕੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜਾਸੀ	اوہ اِساں نال گھِن جُلسی ਉਹ ਇਸਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਜੁਲਸੀ	اوہ اِیکُوں نال گھِن ویسی ਉਹ ਈਕੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਵੇਸੀ

Irregular past tense of verbs

Pothwari generally follows the common Punjabi irregular verbs (e.g. khādhā, peetā, nahātā, dhotā, moyā, latthā, khalotā, ḍaṭṭhā, suttā), with a deviation observed in bantā (بنتا) for banyā and khaltā (کھلتا) for khalā.

For example:

Miki sarkay apar khaltyon addhā ghantā hoi gya sā

Menu sark tey khalyā̃/khlotyā̃ addhā ghantā ho gya si

(It had been an hour since I was waiting on the road)

Chā kadon ni banti hoi ae

Chā kadon di bani hoi ae

(The tea has been ready for quite some time)

Interrogative words

English	Pothwari	Jatki	Standard
Why	کِیاں ਕੀਆਂ	کیوں ਕਿਓਂ	کیوں ਕਿਓਂ
Where	کُتھّے / کُدھّر ਕੁੱਥੇ / ਕੁੱਧਰ	کِتھّے / کِدّے ਕਿੱਥੇ / ਕਿੱਦੇ	کِتھّے ਕਿੱਥੇ
Who	کُن ਕੁਣ	کَون ਕੌਣ	کَون ਕੌਣ
What	کے ਕੇ	کے / کی ਕੇ / ਕੀ	کی ਕੀ

Pothwari vocabulary similarities with other Western Punjabi dialects

English	Pothwari	Jatki	Hindko	Saraiki
Very / Much	بہُوں	بہُوں	بہُوں	بہُوں
Go to sleep	سئی جُل	سَیں ونج	سَیں جُل	سم ونج
Alright / Okay	ہلا	ہلا	ہلا	ہلا
Boy	جاتک	جاتک / چھوہر	جندک	چھُوہر
What is his name?	کے ناں اُس؟	کی/کے ناں اُس؟	کے ناں اُس؟	کیا ناں اُس؟
Take	گھِنو	لَوو (جھنگوچی/شاہپُوری) گھِنو (دھنی)	گھِنو	گھِنو
Bring	آنو	لیاوو (جھنگوچی/شاہپُوری) آنو (دھنی)	آنو	آنو
He speaks like us	اوہ اساں آر بولنا اے	اوہ ساڈے آر بولیندا اے	اوہ اساں آر بولدا اے	اوہ ساڈے آر الیندا اے
Let's go	آ جُلِیئے	آ چلِیئے/جُلِیے	آ جُلاں	آ جُلُوں
Lift/Raise	چاؤ	چاوو	چاؤ	چاوو
Life	حیاتی	حیاتی	حیاتی	حیاتی

Notes

1. Baart (2003, p. 10) provides an estimate of 3.8 million, presumably for the population in Pakistan alone. Lothers & Lothers (2010, p. 9) estimate the Pakistani population at well over 2.5 million and the UK diaspora at over 0.5 million. The population in India is reported in Ethnologue (2017) to be about 1 million as of 2000.
2. There is no consensus among linguists or Pahari-Pothwari speakers in terms of its status as a dialect of Punjabi or a separate language entirely. For the difficulties in assigning the labels "language" and "dialect", see Shackle (1979) for Punjabi and Masica (1991, pp. 23–27) for Indo-Aryan generally.
3. According to Lothers & Lothers (2010, p. 2). Abbasi (2010, p. 104) adds as a fourth dialect the Poonchi spoken from Poonch to the Neelam Valley. Yet another classification is reportedly presented in Karnai (2007).
4. One language activist from the diaspora in Britain "[has] said that he does not give the language a single name because those who speak the language call it many different things." (Lothers & Lothers 2012, p. 3).
5. Some, at least in the British diaspora, consider this term to be a misnomer if applied to the language. (Lothers & Lothers 2012, p. 3).
6. The similarity between wordlists containing 217 items of basic vocabulary from each location. (Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 15–16)

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6. Shackle 1979, p. 201: Pothohari "is often so close to Panjabi that any attempt to maintain the Lahndi scheme ought probably to reckon it as 'Lahndi merging into Panjabi'."
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24. Abbasi 2010, p. 104.
25. Hindko according to Lothers & Lothers (2010, pp. 5, 39) and Dhundi according to Grierson (1919, p. 495). Pahari is reported in both sources.
26. Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 40, 126–27. The speakers of Pahari in Abbottabad District regard the Hindko of the city of Abbottabad as a different language.
27. Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 2, 40.
28. Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 2, 5, 8.
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30. Grierson 1919, p. 505 and corresponding map.
31. Abbasi 2010, p. 104; Abbasi & Asif 2010, pp. 201–202
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33. Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 24. The wordlists that form the basis of this comparison are from the variety of Neela Butt.
34. Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 24–25.
35. Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 26, 80.
36. Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 108, 110.
37. Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 24.
38. Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 26; Akhtar & Rehman 2007, p. 68. The conclusion is similarly based on lexical similarity and the comparison is with the Hindko of the Kaghan Valley on one hand and with the Pahari of the Murre Hills on the other.
39. A 2000 estimate reported in Ethnologue (2017)
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Further reading

• Karnai, Mian Karim Ullah (2007). Pahari aor Urdu: ik taqabali jaiza (in Urdu). Islamabad: National Language Authority.
• Nazir, Farah (2014). Light Verb Constructions in Potwari (PhD). University of Manchester.

External links

• Pahari Language Textbook for Class2
• Pahari Language Textbook for Class3
• Pahari Language Textbook for Class4
• Pahari Language Textbook for Class5
• Pahari Language Textbook for Class6
• Pahari Language Textbook for Class8 (Part A)
• Pahari Language Textbook for Class8 (Part B)

 

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