Am I a ganwar if I speak in Punjabi?

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Re: Am I ganwar if i speak in Punjabi?

@Scherbatsky

Read the title as ‘janwar’. Most Punjabis have more of a superiority complex instead of an inferiority one I’d say - but then again that’s probably only when in comparison with non-Punjabi groups. In the last 2-3 generations alone, Punjabi vernacular has lost a ton of vocabulary, our grandparents spoke very different Punjabi than what is spoken locally now. But this kind of overlaps with Diwana’s thread on Urdu - the working class and above in Pakistan are competing with English-speaking colleagues so in the pressure to master English, Urdu, and Punjabi, I can see why Punjabi isn’t the priority. Let’s face it, no one will ever give formal presentations in Pakistan in Punjabi.

All the languages lost lot of vocabulary not only to Urdu words but also English terminology. Urdu itself is a victim of this case. The problem with Punjabi is a little has been in written in Punjabi (literature0 after classic poets like Baba Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah and Miyan Muhammad Bux. Literature is a medium to carry the language with its vocabulary, but there seems no serious efforts to promote Punjabi Literature in Pakistan. The language owes to the Punjabis living on Indian side of Punjab.

Honoring Urdu doesn’t mean disloyalty to local languages and promoting local languages doesn’t mean being traitor of Pakistan and enemy of Urdu. This point should have been understood by all Pakistanis long before to save them from any language related complexes.