|
Lahnda Dialects
Lahnda (; , ), also known as Lahndi (Lahanda, Lahinda) or Western Punjabi, is a group of north-western Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India. It is defined in the ISO 639 standard as a "ISO 639 macrolanguage, macrolanguage" or as a "series of dialects" by other authors. Its validity as a Genetic relationship (linguistics), genetic grouping is not certain. The terms "Lahnda" and "Western Punjabi" are exonyms employed by linguists, and are not used by the speakers themselves. Lahnda includes the following dialects: Saraiki language, Saraiki (spoken mostly in southern Pakistani Punjab by about 26 million people), the Jatki language, Jatki dialects (referred to as Punjabi language, Punjabi by their ~50 million speakers, spoken in the Bar region of Punjab) i.e. Jhangvi dialect, Jhangvi, Shahpuri dialect, Shahpuri and Dhani dialect, Dhanni, the diverse varieties of Hindko language, Hindko (with almost five million speakers in north- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabis
The Punjabis (Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; romanised as Pañjābī) are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region, comprising areas of northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. They generally speak Majhi dialect, Standard Punjabi or various Punjabi dialects on both sides. Majority of the overall Punjabi population adheres to Islam with significant minorities practicing Sikhism and Hinduism and smaller minorities practicing Christianity. However, the religious demographics significantly vary when viewed from Pakistani and Indian sides, respectively, with over 95 percent of the Punjabi population from Pakistan being Punjabi Muslims, Muslim, with a small minority of Punjabi Christians, Christians and Punjabi Hindus, Hindus and an even smaller minority of Punjabi Sikhs, Sikhs. Over 57 percent of the population of the Indian state of Punjab is Sikh and over 38 percent Hindu with a small minority of Muslims and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
