Punjabi dialects and languages

The Punjabi dialects and varieties refers to the linguistically classified groups of the Punjabi language such as its dialects and varieties, which are spoken around the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.^[1] The Punjabi dialects and languages have been made into three groups:

1. Central: This group is made of only one dialect: Majhi, and is spoken in the central areas of the Punjab region. It is between Western and Eastern Punjabi. The standard variety of Punjabi is based on this variety. It is mostly spoken in Majha region of Punjab, i.e. Amritsar, Lahore, Ferozpur etc.
2. Eastern: This group consists of three dialects: Doabi, Malwai and Puadhi and is spoken primarily in Punjab, India and as well as by partition migrants and their descendants in Pakistan.
3. Western: Also known as Lahndi, this is the largest group of Punjabi dialects and Languages and it includes: Saraiki, Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari, Jhangochi, Shahpuri, Dhani, Khetrani, etc. and is spoken primarily in Punjab, Pakistan, Hazara region and Azad Kashmir; as well as by partition migrants and their descendants in India.^[2][3]

Punjabi languages
Ethnicity:	Punjabi people[a]
Geographic distribution:	Punjab, Hazara, Azad Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Punjabi languages
Subdivisions:	Central Eastern Western

There are on going efforts by Saraiki, Pahari-Pothwari and Hindko speakers for recognition of their dialects as separate languages.

Notes

1. Including Saraikis, Hindkowans and Pahari people