The Pothwari or Pothohari language in Urdu otherwise known as Mirpuri or Potwari is an Indo-European language spoken from the Potwar district around Rawalpindi, Pakistan to the Cease-fire Line (LoC) of Indian administered Kashmir de-facto border in the Mirpur district of the Jammu area in Pakistan administered Kashmir . It is closely related to Panjabi and Romani (Gypsy), but is distinct from these languages. The Islamic Republic of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: ‎, English: ), is part of the Pakistani administered section of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, along with the Northern Areas; its official name is Azad Jammu and Kashmir. ... Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistans capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. ... A language family is a group of languages related by descent from a common proto-language. ... For other uses, see Indo-European. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, which belong to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Western Pahari is a group of 17 languages spoken by about 6. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. ... ISO 639-3 is an international standard for language codes. ... The Unicode Standard, Version 5. ... Pothwari is a language spoken in the Pothwar region of Kashmir/Pakistan. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Mirpuri can refer to An incorrect term and to some derogatory, used to refer to a person or people from the Kashmir region of Mirpur, which lies at the foothills of the Himalayas. ... For other uses, see Indo-European. ... Potohar (or Potwar or Pothohar) Plateau is a plateau in Pakistan. ... Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistans capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. ... This article is about the area administered by India. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... This article is about Mirpur, a city of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. ... Jammu   (Hindi: जम्मू, Urdu: جموں) is one of the three regions comprising the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir. ... Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... Romany (or Romani) is the language of the Roma and Sinti, peoples often referred to in English as Gypsies. The Indo-Aryan Romany language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which are Romance 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- the reason being that Panjabi is the second-most spoken language in the subcontinent as a whole and in both India & Pakistan respectively whilst Pothohari is highly concentrated in the North of Pakistan. Also, Punjab and Kashmir ("the crown" and "jewel", so to speak, of the subcontinent) have always shared strong links on several levels - trade, nobility & neighbourhood. In linguistics, a diasystem is a term used in structural dialectology, to refer to a single genetic language which has two or more standard forms. ... Hindko is an ancient language spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ... Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ...

Every language is a "mongrel" language to some degree or another. Pothohari is no different, with the majority of its modern-language roots being connected to Panjabi primarily and Romani (Gypsy). Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... Romany (or Romani) is the language of the Roma and Sinti, peoples often referred to in English as Gypsies. The Indo-Aryan Romany language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which are Romance languages. ...

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Pothohari is the second largest language of Kashmir after Kashmiri. Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... For other uses, see Kashmiri (disambiguation) Kashmiri is a Dardic language spoken primarily in Kashmir, an Asian region now split between India, Pakistan and China. ...

In the UK, over 70% of British Pakistanis speak Pothohari as their first language. Over 2/3 of these originate from Mirpur in Azad Kashmir (the area of Kashmir under Pakistani administration). This article is about Mirpur, a city of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. ... This article details only the area administered by Pakistan. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ...

Every second Muslim in Britain speaks Pothohari as their first language. Every third South Asian person in Britain is a Pothohari speaker. There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ...

99.9% British Pakistanis of Punjabi background hailing from Pakistan administered Kashmir only speak Pahari as their mother tongue.

‘Aapna Channel’ is the first ever TV channel in the Pothohari language. The core audience of Apna Channel is the second largest linguistic group in the United Kingdom after English.today many news paper published in this language .sadae potohar.gujar khan news.jehlum time.first we use this language only for speake.but today his is writen able.sher ali taban.ramzan zafar.tamkin tabani.shahid hashmi. .is most famous poet in potohari language they belong to gujar khan the heart of potohar. ptv and some other pvt chanel play dramas, tele films and stage dramas.They big support this language..papa.miki.kahro.tarae ki.ashrana.kiyan.julsah.maraeh ki.ami.aba.bava.dadpotra.masahr.malahr. beautiful word of this language.The people of potohar struggling potohar universty in the land of gujar khan ofter build this universty. it is a great help of potohar and those person they love this language. Aapna Channel or Aapna Des is a UK based Pothwari/Mirpuri channel available in UK, Middle East, Africa and Asia. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...