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Dhani dialect
View on Wikipedia| Dhani | |
|---|---|
| دھنّی | |
| Pronunciation | [təˈni] |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Rawalpindi Division |
| Ethnicity | Punjabis |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | dhan1272 |
Dhani or Dhanni (دھنّی; pronounced [ˈd̥ə˥˩n.niː])[1] is a western dialect of the Punjabi language spoken in the southern region of the Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, Pakistan. It is predominantly spoken in the Chakwal and Talagang districts; as well as in the southern portions of Attock and Jhelum districts. Its name is derived from Dhan valley, located 35 km away from Rawalpindi.[2] It has many subdialects including Sohāī̃ (سوہائیِں), spoken west of the Soan River, in the tehsils of Fateh Jang and Pindi Gheb in Attock District.[1]
Classification
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In the 1920s G.A. Grierson in his Linguistic Survey of India called this group North-Western Lahnda.[1] The glotlog code for Dhani:
- dhan1272[3]
Grierson has distinguished three forms of Lahndi:[4]
- North-Western dialects consisting of (Hindko, Sohain, Dhanni, etc.)
- North-Eastern dialects (Pothowari, Chibali, Awankari, Ghebi, etc.)
- Southern Dialects (Shahpuri, Jhangi, Multani, Derawali, Thali, etc.)
Bahri, H. (1962). Lahndi Phonology, with Special Reference to Awánkárí.
Dialect speaking areas
[edit]Chakwal district of Punjab Province of Pakistan and neighboring districts speak this dialect.
- Chakwal District[2]
- Talagang District[2]
- Jhelum District (in southern parts)[2]
- Attock District (in southern parts)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Shackle 1980, p. 484.
- ^ a b c d e Hasan, Wasim (2022). A Morphosyntactic Description of Dhani (Thesis). University of Management & Technology, Lahore.
- ^ "Glottolog 4.7 - Dhanni".
- ^ Bahri, Hardev (1962). Lahndi Phonology, with Special Reference to Awánkárí. Allahabad, Bharati press publications, Darbhanga road: Hardev Bahri. pp. x.
Bibliography
[edit]- Shackle, Christopher (1980). "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 43 (3): 482–510. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00137401. ISSN 0041-977X. S2CID 129436200.
Further reading
[edit]- A'van, Anvar Beg (1968). Dhannī adab o saqafāt. Chakwal.
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