# Dhani dialect

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Dialect of Punjabi

Dhani دھنّی Pronunciation [təˈni] Native to Pakistan Region Rawalpindi Division Ethnicity Punjabis Language family Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Punjabi Lahnda (Western Punjabi) Dhani Language codes ISO 639-3 – Glottolog dhan1272

**Dhani** or **Dhanni** (دھنّی; pronounced [\[ˈd̥ə˥˩n.niː\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Punjabi))[1] is a [western dialect](/source/Punjabi_language#Western_Punjabi) of the [Punjabi language](/source/Punjabi_language) spoken in the southern region of the [Pothohar Plateau](/source/Pothohar_Plateau) in [Punjab](/source/Punjab_(Pakistan)), Pakistan. It is predominantly spoken in the [Chakwal](/source/Chakwal_District) and [Talagang](/source/Talagang_District) districts; as well as in the southern portions of [Attock](/source/Attock_district) and [Jhelum](/source/Jhelum_District) districts. Its name is derived from Dhan valley, located 35 km away from [Rawalpindi](/source/Rawalpindi).[2] It has many subdialects including **Sohāī̃** (سوہائیِں), spoken west of the [Soan River](/source/Soan_River), in the [tehsils](/source/List_of_tehsils_of_Punjab%2C_Pakistan) of [Fateh Jang](/source/Fateh_Jang_Tehsil) and [Pindi Gheb](/source/Pindi_Gheb_Tehsil) in [Attock District](/source/Attock_District).[1]

## Classification

Map of Punjabi dialects and languages, including **Dhani** in the north-west

In the 1920s [G.A. Grierson](/source/G.A._Grierson) in his *[Linguistic Survey of India](/source/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

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

- [Chakwal District](/source/Chakwal_District)[2]

- [Talagang District](/source/Talagang_District)[2]

- [Jhelum District](/source/Jhelum_District) (in southern parts)[2]

- [Attock District](/source/Attock_District) (in southern parts)[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShackle1980484_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShackle1980484_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShackle1980484_1-2) [Shackle 1980](#CITEREFShackle1980), p. 484.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wasim_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wasim_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-wasim_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-wasim_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-wasim_2-4) Hasan, Wasim (2022). [*A Morphosyntactic Description of Dhani*](http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/20999) (Thesis). University of Management & Technology, Lahore.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Glottolog 4.7 - Dhanni"](https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/dhan1272).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Bahri, Hardev (1962). *Lahndi Phonology, with Special Reference to Awánkárí*. Allahabad, Bharati press publications, Darbhanga road: Hardev Bahri. pp. x.

## Bibliography

- [Shackle, Christopher](/source/Christopher_Shackle) (1980). ["Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar"](http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0041977X00137401). *Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies*. **43** (3): 482–510. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0041977X00137401](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0041977X00137401). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0041-977X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0041-977X). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [129436200](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129436200).

## Further reading

- A'van, Anvar Beg (1968). *Dhannī adab o saqafāt*. Chakwal.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher)) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Dhani dialect" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

v t e Punjabi varieties Central Majhi Standard Punjabi Eastern Doabi Lubanki † Malwai Puadhi Lahnda (Western) Jatki (transitional with Central Punjabi) Dhani Jhangvi Shahpuri Hindko Awankari Chhachi Ghebi Hazarvi Kohati Peshori Pahari-Pothwari (transitional with Central Punjabi) Mirpuri Pahari Pothwari Saraiki Derawali Multani Riasti Inku † Thali See also: Baahar di boli, Sant Bhasha, Khalsa bole

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