Indo-European · ISO 639-3 phr
Pahari-Potwari Language پوٹھواری
Pahari-Potwari is an Indo-European language spoken by about 2.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script.
Where Pahari-Potwari is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Pahari-Potwari
Language family
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
- Continental Indo-Aryan
- Indo-Aryan Northwestern zone
- Sindhi-Lahnda
- Greater Panjabic
- Paharic
- Pahari-Potwari
Writing system
Perso-Arabic script
Related languages
About the Pahari-Potwari language
Pahari-Potwari (پوٹھواری) is spoken by about 2.5 million people, which makes it the 283rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Pampanga (2.5 million) and ahead of Konkani (2.4 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Paharic group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Pahari-Potwari spoken?
Pahari-Potwari is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Pakistan (2.5 million).
Pahari-Potwari is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Pahari-Potwari is written in the Perso-Arabic script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Saraiki, Northern Hindko, Sindhi, Hindi and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 phr.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.