If you think linguistic boundaries are cleanly demarcated by national borders, think again. While many European countries are largely dominated by a single language, the situation is entirely different in many other countries, such as in South Asia. In Pakistan, for instance, the official language is Urdu, spoken natively by only 7% of the population. Punjabi, Pashto, and Sindhi are all significantly more common native languages. Amidst the mosaic of languages in Pakistan, we also find Pothwari.
Pothwari (also called Pothohari and often conflated with Pahari) is the native language of several million people in Pakistan and parts of northwestern India, but it’s largely overlooked, partially due to the lack of a standardized Pothwari language. In fact, Pothwari is often grouped together with Pahari and Mirpuri as a single language cluster, with the variant of Pothwari spoken in Gujar Khan constituting the language’s prestige dialect. However, no matter the dialect, Pothwari suffers from poor representation, with scant access to reliable resources and translation services. We at TranslationServices.com are proud to offer our translation skills with our brand-new Pothwari translation services.
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Pothwari: the prominent but overlooked Pakistani language
Pothwari is spoken in northern Pakistan, particularly in the Pothohar region of Punjab and Azad Kashmir, with additional speakers in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Haryana regions. Along with its close cousins, Pahari and Mirpuri, Pothwari is closely related to Punjabi, the biggest native language in Pakistan, but it’s undeniably a different language. It’s thought of as a transitional language between Punjabi and Hindko, forming a dialect continuum with some variants closer to one or the other. It’s also technically related to English, but the relation is so distant that you’d certainly never know.
Grammatically, Pothwari is highly similar to Punjabi, but it does exhibit some notable differences. For example, Pothwari’s future tense is formed differently from that of Eastern Punjabi, although Western Punjabi dialects share the form used in Pothwari. Other fundamental grammatical elements also differ, such as pronouns and case markers. Pothwari even features an entirely new case category that doesn’t exist in Standard Punjabi, although it does exist in Hindko. All this is enough to make clear that a Standard Punjabi translator isn’t sufficient for a reliable Pothwari translation job—but if you work with our dedicated Pothwari translation team, you won’t have to worry.
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