Riasti dialect
Riasti, Bhawalpuri or Choolistani is a Lahnda (Western Punjabi) dialect spoken in a wide area in Pakistani Punjab on the banks of the river Sutlej and in the Cholistan Desert. Its name is derived from Riast (State) of Bahawalpur.
| Riyasati dialect | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | baha1254[1] |
Punjabi–dialects
Sub-dialects of Riasti
- Bhawalpuri
- Choolistani
Dialect speaking areas
These 3 districts speak this dialect cluster:
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bahawalpuri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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