Thank you Punjabi!

[Imad.Khan]

Most of Punjab’s cities speak a mix of Punjabi with many Urdu words. Many people freely speak both on a regular basis.

Poor and also rural Punjabis generally speak teht (pure) Punjabi.

Schools also have contributed to the stratification of Punjabi society based on language: best ones are English, followed by Urdu medium schools, and the worst are generally Punjabi schools.

What i meant to say is that people speak Punjabi when they want to have a fun and casual conversation, while they speak Urdu when they are having a serious conversation. Basically it means that Punjabi is considered as a fun language while Urdu is considered as a formal language. Noticed the same thing on political news shows. They speak Urdu most of the time but when cracking jokes they use Punjabi.

This is not a dig on the Punjabi language, just my observation. I can understand Punjabi when its mixed with Urdu, but i am clueless if people converse in pure Punjabi

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

What i meant to say is that people speak Punjabi when they want to have a fun and casual conversation, while they speak Urdu when they are having a serious conversation. Basically it means that Punjabi is considered as a fun language while Urdu is considered as a formal language. Noticed the same thing on political news shows. They speak Urdu most of the time but when cracking jokes they use Punjabi.

This is not a dig on the Punjabi language, just my observation. I can understand Punjabi when its mixed with Urdu, but i am clueless if people converse in pure Punjabi

You are correct brother. Even many Punjabis will think you are ba tameez (rude) for speaking teht (pure) Punjabi.

This is why it has been rendered into an informal language. Most of us speak it only with friends and family from our locality.

This is much variation in Punjabi, some of us have difficulty understanding feelings and emotions behind behind other variants. It may lead to uncomfortable moments.

 

[python-000]

My mother tongue is punjabi not urdu and it will be punjabi until the end of time

who said you to change your tongue & urdu is our national language & punjabi is a provincial language...

 

[Crusher]

who said you to change your tongue & urdu is our national language & punjabi is a provincial language...

I see here kind of demeaning view about Punjabi from your side. Look for you Punjabi may be a "provincial language" and "useless" but for us the native speakers who have grown up in families where first language of communication was only Punjabi, it is the MOST important language in the world for us. And as for "national language", today it is Urdu tomorrow it can be Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi or Balochi. If they make Pashto or Balochi as a "national language" of Pakistan from tomorrow in Pakistan, I wouldn't have any problem with it. I have no heartily connection with this jargon of "national language", just two hundred years ago Farsi/Persian was the kind of lingua franca or "national language" in areas that make up Pakistan today. So the lingua franca or national language is not a fixed thing, it can change very easily.

 

[Great Janjua]

who said you to change your tongue & urdu is our national language & punjabi is a provincial language...

You quoted me in one off your posts saying urdu should be strictly spoken I replied to that Punjabi should be spoken strictly in Punjab I should not be forced to speak urdu in Punjab

 

[American Pakistani]

I'm urdu speaker, but I wish I could speak all languages of Pakistan fluently. Especially Pashto.