| Dhani | |
| Pronunciation: | in Panjabi; Punjabi pronounced as /təˈni/ |
| Nativename: | {{nq|دھنّی |
| States: | Pakistan |
| Region: | Southern Rawalpindi Division |
| Ethnicity: | Punjabis |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3: | Indo-Aryan |
| Fam4: | Northwestern |
| Fam5: | Punjabi |
| Fam6: | Lahnda |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Glotto: | dhan1272 |
Dhani or Dhanni (; in Panjabi; Punjabi pronounced as /ˈd̥ə˥˩n.niː/) is a dialect of the Punjabi language, spoken in the southern region of the Pothohar Plateau in Pakistani Punjab, specifically in the districts of Attock, Chakwal, and Talagang.[1] Its name is derived from Dhan valley where its spoken. It has many sub-dialects including Sohāī̃ (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{nq|سوہائیِں), spoken west of the Soan River, in the tehsils of Fateh Jang and Pindi Gheb in Attock District.
It is closely related to Shahpuri and Jhangvi dialects. It, along with Shahpuri, Jhangvi, Pahari-Pothwari, and Thali, is intermediate between Majhi (Central Punjabi) and Lahnda (Western Punjabi).
In the 1920s G.A. Grierson in his Linguistic Survey of India called this group North-Western Lahnda.Jatki is a common name for the Jhangvi dialect, Shahpuri dialect and Dhani dialect. The glotlog codes for these are:
Chakwal district of Punjab Province of Pakistan and neighboring districts speak this dialect.