What is Punjabi dialects and languages?
{{Infobox language family | name = Punjabi languages | ethnicity = [[Punjabi people]]{{efn|Including [[Saraiki people|Saraikis]], [[Hindkowan]]s and [[Pahari-Pothwari people|Pahari people]]}} | region = [[Punjab]], [[Hazara]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Rajasthan]] | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] | fam4 = [[Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages|Northwestern]] | child1 = [[Majhi dialect|Central]] | child2 = [[Eastern Punjabi|Eastern]] | child3 = [[Lahnda|Western]] | map = Dialects Of Punjabi.jpg }} The '''Punjabi dialects and varieties''' refers to the linguistically classified groups of the [[Punjabi language]] such as its [[Dialect|dialects]] and varieties, which are spoken around the [[Punjab region|Punjab]] region of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-09-15|title=The language environment of Hindko-speaking people|url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/38573|access-date=2024-03-15|website=SIL International|language=en}}</ref> The Punjabi dialects and languages have been made into three groups: #'''Central''': This group is made of only one dialect: [[Majhi 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 district|Amritsar]], [[Lahore]], [[Firozpur district|Ferozpur]] etc. #'''Eastern''': This group consists of three dialects: [[Doabi dialect|Doabi]], [[Malwai dialect|Malwai]], Puadhi, Dogri, Kangri, Pahari, Mandeali, Bagri and Haryanvi and is spoken primarily in [[Punjab, India]], Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh as well as by [[Partition of India|partition migrants]] and their descendants in [[Pakistan]]. #'''Western''': Also known as '''Lahndi''', this