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Chachhi dialect

Chhachi, Chacchī, or Chhachhī (چھاچھی) is a dialect of Hindko spoken in the region of Chachh. Grierson classified it within his "North-Western Lahndā" group, whereas Shackle considers it part of Hindko "proper", alongside Ghebī and Avāṅkārī.

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Chhachi, Chacchī,1 or Chhachhī2 (چھاچھی) is a dialect of Hindko spoken in the region of Chachh.3 Grierson classified it within his "North-Western Lahndā" group, whereas Shackle considers it part of Hindko "proper", alongside Ghebī and Avāṅkārī.1

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  1. Shackle 1980, p. 485.
  2. Masica 1991, p. 19.
  3. Masica 1991, pp. 19, 430.
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