Awankari dialect
| Awankari | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | avan1234 |
| Coordinates: 32°55′N 72°10′E / 32.91°N 72.17°E | |
Awankari (Avāṅkārī, Awankari pronunciation: [əʋaːɳkaːɾi]) is a Punjabi dialect spoken primarily in Talagang District, in the north-west of the Pakistani province of Punjab.
Awankari, classified by Shackle (1980, pp. 485–486) as a sub-dialect of Hindko dialect, is viewed by its native speakers as (a sub-dialect of) Pothwari Punjabi. The rest of this article is based entirely on Hardev Bahri's work of the 1930s. It is possible that the geographic extent, the division into sub-dialects, and the linguistic characteristics might have changed since then.