Pahari (Poonchi)

Poonchi Pahari
Pahari (Poonchi)
پونچھی پہاڑی, Punchhī Pahāṛī
Native toPakistan (Azad Kashmir), India (Jammu and Kashmir)
RegionPoonch Division in Azad Kashmir; Poonch District in Jammu and Kashmir
Shahmukhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3phr
Glottologpunc1239

Pahari (Poonchi) also known as Poonchi Pahari (Urdu: پونچھی پہاڑی) is a dialect of Punjabi, the Indo-Aryan Pahari-Pothwari group, spoken primarily in the Poonch Division of Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir and the Poonch District of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It is considered part of the Lahnda (Western Punjabi) dialect continuum, and is closely related to Hindko and Pothohari.