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| Pothohari displays some characteristics which indicate that it is in fact older than Panjabi, disputing the idea that it is a dialect of Panjabi. | Pothohari displays some characteristics which indicate that it is in fact older than Panjabi, disputing the idea that it is a dialect of Panjabi. | ||
| The Romani language first developed prior to Panjabi, and this shares many characteristics unique ''only'' to Pothohari and Romani, and not shared with Panjabi. | The Romani language first developed prior to Panjabi, and this shares many characteristics unique ''only'' to Pothohari and Romani, and not shared with Panjabi. | ||
| Mirpuri speakers may use the terms "miki" meaning to me, and "tuki", to you, which is distinct from languages such as urdu and punjabi. There are alot of pakistani mirpuri speaking people living in the uk originating from northern pakistan and mirpur. Mirpuri speakers are renowned for talking very fast. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Pothohari language otherwise known as Mirpuri or Potwari is an Indo-European language spoken from the Potwar district around Rawalpindi, Pakistan to the Indian-Kashmiri border in the Mirpur district in Azad Jammu Kashmir. It is closely related to Panjabi and Romani (Gypsy), but is distinct from these languages.
There is some dialect continuum with Hindko and the Jhelumi dialect of Panjabi. Pothohari speakers may understand Panjabis both from India and Pakistan, but these groups may not understand Pothohari.
Pothohari displays some characteristics which indicate that it is in fact older than Panjabi, disputing the idea that it is a dialect of Panjabi. The Romani language first developed prior to Panjabi, and this shares many characteristics unique only to Pothohari and Romani, and not shared with Panjabi.
Mirpuri speakers may use the terms "miki" meaning to me, and "tuki", to you, which is distinct from languages such as urdu and punjabi. There are alot of pakistani mirpuri speaking people living in the uk originating from northern pakistan and mirpur. Mirpuri speakers are renowned for talking very fast.
References
Ethnologue report for Pahari-Patwari
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