Malwai dialect

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Dialect of Punjabi

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::summary Dialect of Punjabi ::

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FieldValue
nameMalwai
pronunciationStandard: Malwai:
nativenameਮਲਵਈ •
statesIndia
regionMalwa (Punjab)
familycolorIndo-European
fam2Indo-Iranian
fam3Indo-Aryan
fam4Northwestern
fam5Punjabi
fam6Eastern Punjabi
ancestorOld Punjabi
scriptGurmukhī
Shahmukhi
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map_captionGeographical extent of Malwa (Punjab)
mapcaptionMalwa Region of Punjab
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Distribution

India

Punjab

Major Malwai speaking centers are Ferozepur, Fazilka, Faridkot, Muktsar,The language spoken in some southern villages of Fazilka, Muktsar and Bahawalnagar districts forms a dialect continuum with Bagri language, which is classified as a dialect of Rajasthani language. Moga, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala, Barnala, Mansa districts and Jagraon, Raikot and Ludhiana (West) tehsils of Ludhiana district.The Punjabi spoken in eastern tehsils of Ludhiana district (Ludhiana (East), Payal, Khanna and Samrala) forms a dialect continuum with Pwadhi dialect.

Haryana

Many Malwai speakers also live in Dabwali, Kalanwali and Rania tehsils of Sirsa district and kaithal district of Haryana, India; the Jakhal and Ratia tehsils of Fatehabad district of Haryana, India.

Rajasthan

The dialect is also found spoken in Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts of Rajasthan, India.

Pakistan

In Pakistan, it is spoken in Vehari district of Punjab by the communities migrated from Indian Punjab after Partition 1947. It is also spoken in Bahawalnagar and Nankana Sahib districts.

Characteristics

Although the characteristic distinction among the various dialects of Punjabi language lies in the speech pattern, the Malwai dialect most notably differs from the other dialects through its distinctive ''''ū'''' (ਊ) sound in all future-tense verb endings. ::data[format=table title="Verb Conjugation Differences"]

Standard PunjabiMalwai Dialect
āvegāāūgā
āvegīāūgī
āvogeāūŋge
pīvegāpīūgā
pīvegīpīūgī
pīvogepīūŋge
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Another notable difference is that where other Punjabi dialects have (ਲ) in Malwai many of those words are pronounced with an (ਰ) or (ਲ਼) instead.

The following peculiarities in vocabulary are also observed:

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EnglishStandard PunjabiMalwaiGurmukhiShahmukhiGurmukhiShahmukhiHe will come.I am coming.He is coming.To lift/to pick (up)To uproot/to dig (out)Your(My/your/his/her) ownBy me/from meBy you/from youCamelSonFriendUrineDew drop
ਉਹ ਆਵੇਗਾاوہ آویگاਉਹ ਆਊਗਾاوہ آؤگا
ਮੈਂ ਆ ਰਿਹਾ ਹਾਂمیں آ رہا آںਮੈਂ ਆਈ ਜਾਨਾਂ।میں آئی جاناں۔
ਉਹ ਆ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈاوہ آ رہا اےਉਹ ਆਈ ਜਾਂਦੈ।اوہ آئی جاندَے۔
ਚੁੱਕਣਾچُکناਚੱਕਣਾچَکنا
ਪੁੱਟਣਾپُٹناਪੱਟਣਾپَٹنا
ਤੁਹਾਡਾتَہاڈاਥੋਡਾ/ਸੋਡਾتُہاڈا
ਆਪਣਾاپناਆਵਦਾآودا
ਮੇਰੇ ਤੋਂ/ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲੋਂمیرے توں/میرے کولوںਮੈਥੋਂمیتھوں
ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਤੋਂ/ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਕੋਲੋਂ/ਤਾਡਾتہاڈے توں/تہاڈے کولوں/تاڈاਥੋਤੋਂتُہاتھوں
ਊਠاُوٹھਬੋਤਾاُٹھ
ਪੁੱਤਰپُترਪੁੱਤپُت
ਮਿੱਤਰیار/مِترਮਿੱਤبیلی
ਮੂਤਰمُوتَرਮੂਤمُوت
ਤ੍ਰੇਲ਼تریلਤੇਲ਼تیل
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Also, in contrast with Majhi dialect, 'ਹ' is not tonal. Exceptions are encountered when 'ਹ'/'ہ' is not followed by a schwa ending or a vowel sound, as in, ਕਹਿਣਾ, ਰਹਿ, ਘਾਹ / ۔کہنا، رہِ، گھاہ

Notes

References

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