Punjabi Language
Posted by admin ” Ma boli meri Ma vergi jida karj kade na phula Teri khater ma merieh ban ban khoon mein dhula Tere he puter kha ge tanu la sikli tere bulah”Punjabi people are great as we listen in folk songs and in Punjabi history. But they are unable to save their culture. Now a days Punjabi is only spoken in villages. In cities like Chandigarh, Patiala, Bathinda and Ludhiana 80% people speaks in Hindi. I know Hindi is Indias national language but Punjabi is our mother language. How can you forget your own mother and starts saying ”Ma” to someone else.
I think speaking Hindi is a status symbol in urban areas. When I was studying in Chandigarh in D. A. V. College and in medical college (KMC Mangalore) I was very popular as a pure desi or pandoo (villager) but not as a pure Punjabi. Most of the girls who were from Punjab used to speak in hindi.On another side there were many south Indian people were trying to learn Punjabi.
I had one of my greatest teachers in Chandigarh, his name is Dr. Palta in 15 sector. He was the only professor who was teaching and speaking in Punjabi. All other professors were same as other Chandigarh people. I would call them anonymous Punjabis speaking Hindi.
Most of the doctors in cities speak in Hindi. When I joined one hospital in Ludhiana my all patients used to speak in Hindi, even poor people of villages also tried to speak in Hindi, presuming doctor is non Punjabi or to impress doctors.Once, My chief said, ” I can’t understand why you always speak Punjabi in hospital”. He said it’s my language that is giving him problem. Can you believe I was not allowed to speak Punjabi in Punjab.
There is some deficency in our genetics and that deficiency is not to worrying about our culture. But that is not the problem, the problem is adopting someone else’s culture and forgetting ours.I don’t think so its governments responsibility to protect your language. It’s everyone’s responsibility to maintain the respect of their motherlandIt’s my request to all Punjabis to come forward and fight for your Punjabi Boli. Punjabi is our identity and if we forget Punjabi we will loose our identity.
More about Punjabi
- It is the 11th most spoken language in the world.
- Punjabi is the official language of the Indian state of Punjab and the shared state capital Chandigarh.
- It is one of the second official languages of Delhi and Haryana.
- It is also spoken in neighbouring areas such as Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
- Punjabi is the predominantly spoken language in the Punjab province of Pakistan (and the most widely spoken language in Pakistan according to the CIA factbook), although it has no official status there, and both Urdu and English are preferred languages of the elite.
Punjabi is also spoken as a minority language in several other countries where Punjabis have emigrated in large numbers such as:
- the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom (where it is the second most commonly used language)
- and Canada (where it is the fifth most commonly used language).
- Punjabi is the sacred language of the Sikhs, in which our religious literature is written.
- It is the usual language of Bhangra music, which has recently gained wide popularity both in South Asia and abroad.
There are many dialects of Punjabi and they all form part of a dialect continuum, merging with Sindhi and related languages in Pakistan, and Hindustani in India. The main dialects of Punjabi are Lahori, Doabi, Malwai and Powadhi in India, and Pothohari, Lahndi and Multani in Pakistan. Lahori is the standard written form of Punjabi. Punjabi University, Patiala, lists the following as dialects of Punjabi:
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Some of these dialects, such as Dogri, Siraiki and Hindko are sometimes considered separate languages, and are classified in different zones or divisions of Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern (Central Zone): Bhattiani (a mixture of Punjabi and Rajasthani), Powadhi, Doabi, Malwai, Majhi, Bathi
- Western (Northwestern Zone, Lahndi): Multani, Hindko, Pahari, Pothohari
- Northern Zone: Dogri
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