Like English people appreciating when Asians, etc speak English?
I’ve read a lot about Persian rulers of sub-continent, who always had a problem that locals can’t speak proper Persian. Even Shah e iran, while visiting Pakistan in 1960s probably gave comments that Persian spoken in Pakistan is outdated and relate to centuries old books (Gulistan and Bostan by Shaikh Saadi).
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No I don't appreciate people butchering the beutiful punjabi language. especially the urdu'ization of the language and the general stereotypical sentences uttered by people which they learn from the stupid showbiz.
That doesn't mean that people who are making a genuine effort to learn the language are to be discouraged.
Re: Do people appreciate when you speak in their langauge?
Urdunisation of Punjabi?
Urdu ka to boht baRa dil hai, her zaban ke lafz apne ander samone ka
Re: Do people appreciate when you speak in their langauge?
Its not about that. What i mean to say is, urdu words creeping in more and more in the language. Whenever I hear indian punjabi movies - its refreshing.
Listen to Pakistani punjabi programming - or even teh general speech. It is infiltrated by urdu words so much - people trying to sound more 'tameezdar' so to say. The real 'thaith' punjabi is too crude for these folks.
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But there is areason behind that. In Pakistan's Punjab, Punjabi is not taught at schools unlike Indian Punjab. So people who take their basic education in Urdu are bound to use that in their conversation.. like we use lot of English words in Urdu.
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Also the non-sense punjabi lyrics in the songs nowadays. Punjabi di latt pann dinday ne. Makes me mad.