Chachhi dialect

Chhachi, Chacchī,[1] or Chachhī[2] (چھاچھی) is a dialect of Hindko spoken in the northwestern parts of Punjab, Pakistan.[3] Grierson classified it within his "North-Western Lahndā" group, whereas Shackle considers it part of Hindko "proper", alongside Ghebī and Avāṅkārī.[1]

Punjabi dialects

References
  1. Shackle 1980, p. 485.
  2. Masica 1991, p. 19.
  3. Masica 1991, pp. 19, 430.

Bibliography
  • Masica, Colin P. (1991). The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-23420-7.
  • Shackle, Christopher (1980). "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 43 (3): 482–510. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00137401. ISSN 0041-977X.
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