Dhani dialect explained

Dhani or Dhanni (; pronounced as /pa/) 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.^[1] It has many subdialects including Sohāī̃ (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{nq|سوہائیِں), spoken west of the Soan River, in the tehsils of Fateh Jang and Pindi Gheb in Attock District.

Classification

In the 1920s G.A. Grierson in his Linguistic Survey of India called this group North-Western Lahnda.The glotlog code for Dhani:

• dhan1272^[2]

Grierson has distinguished three forms of Lahndi:^[3]

• 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

Chakwal district of Punjab Province of Pakistan and neighboring districts speak this dialect.

• Chakwal District^[1]
• Talagang District^[1]
• Jhelum District (in southern parts)^[1]
• Attock District (in southern parts)^[1]

Bibliography

• Shackle. Christopher. Christopher Shackle. 1980. 10.1017/S0041977X00137401. 0041-977X. 43. 3. 482–510. Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 129436200. subscription.

Further reading

• Book: A'van, Anvar Beg. 1968. Dhannī adab o saqafāt. Chakwal.

Notes and References

1. Hasan . Wasim . A Morphosyntactic Description of Dhani . 2022 . University of Management & Technology, Lahore . English.
2. Web site: Glottolog 4.7 - Dhanni .
3. Book: Bahri, Hardev . Lahndi Phonology, with Special Reference to Awánkárí. . Hardev Bahri . 1962 . Allahabad, Bharati press publications, Darbhanga road . x.