Pahari Language spoken cities in Pakistan

Pahari is local language, spoken in the following cities or towns in Pakistan.

Pahari language also belongs to Indo-Aryan languages group and is spoken largely in the Pothohar Plateau in the North of Punjab, in Azad Kashmir, and Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir. It is also known as Pothohari and mostly spoken in the India-occupied Jammu & Kashmir. It is transitional between Punjabi and Hindko. In Jammu & Kashmir, the Pahari - Pothwari language speakers also called Pahari people. In Azad Kashmir, it is mostly spoken along the Jhelum Valley along the Jhelum River in Mirpur district and Abbotabad district. There are three major dialects such as Mirpuri, Pothwari, and Pahari and are mutually intelligible. Pothwari dialect is spoken in the surrounding area of the Pothohar Plateau of northern Punjab as well as Rawalpindi and Jhelum. Mirpuri dialect is spoken across the Jhelum River in Mirpur district. Pahari dialect is spoken mostly in Murree and the Galyat in Rawalpindi and Abbottabad.
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    Rawalpindi

    Rawalpindi is situated on the southern slopes of the north-western extremities of the Himalayas and on the Potohar plateau, at a distance of 375 km from Lahore via Lahore-Islamabad Motorway. It is an important city due to its common boundary with the Capital city Islamabad.
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