Bathi and Bhatiyana - where do these Punjabi dialect names come from?

[bgo-eiu]

I am curious where the names of these entries come from:

• https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/bath1239
• https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/bhat1264

As far as I can tell Bathi and Bhatiyana are names of geographic regions rather than dialect names. However, even in Linguistic Atlas of the Punjab (H. S. Gill, 1973), one of the only comprehensive regional dialect surveys of Punjabi, this is not a distinction which is brought up. Maybe something has been written about this but there are no references listed to find where this comes from

[bgo-eiu]

I found a hint related to this just now. Here, Bhattiani is listed as recognized by both the Languages Dept of Punjab and Punjabi University, Patiala https://www.learnpunjabi.org/intro1.asp

[d97hah]

See e.g., Bhatia 1993, it ultimately seems to go back to:

Singh, A. (1970) ‘An introduction to the dialects of Punjabi’, Pakha Sanjam 3(1-2): 120-52

But I don't have access to this original paper. Bathi is a typo for Rathi and Bhattiyani is misspelled, I'll fix that for next version. all the best, H

Pada tanggal Jum, 2 Sep 2022 pukul 19.46 bgo-eiu @.***> menulis:

I found a hint related to this just now. Here, Bhattiani is listed as recognized by both the Languages Dept of Punjab and Punjabi University, Patiala https://www.learnpunjabi.org/intro1.asp

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[bgo-eiu]

Thank you, that answers my question and is enough to investigate further. I suppose this can be closed when the corrections are made for the next version.

Edit: I should also note, Doab and Malwa should be updated to Doabi and Malwai, the names of the dialects rather than the regions. The names can be a bit misleading as the speakers do not necessarily live in the geographies the names come from. Most "Eastern Punjabi" speakers live in Pakistan and Doabi is the dialect of Faisalabad as much as it is Doab.