Punjabi language and new generation

[Jolie]

Re: Punjabi language and new generation

@Mezhgan

Naturally, there is variation in languages from region to region. (This is also the case with Pashto and it is very noticeable.) Commenting that there are differences in dialect is normal and quite alright. What I find inappropriate though is when people look down on these differences and give them a negative connotation, such as "unrefined, “coarse,” or “uneducated” as I’ve heard people doing when referring to the Punjabi spoken in India.

Personally though, I cannot differentiate between Punjabi spoken in Pakistan and that spoken in India, so I cannot really comment on that.

Punjabis are Punjabis, be it Indian or Pakistanis, and what makes them Punjabi is that they have the innate ability, and almost a God gifted quality to laugh at themselves. So in that sense, most Indian Punjabis agree that their Punjabi is indeed *‘thaiss’, *(very raw and direct), and linguistically speaking it is. But Indian Punjabis are very proud of the rawness of their language, while Pakistanis to appreciate the Sikh Punjabi. In fact people from Faislabad, Pakistan are known to speak ‘Sikh’ Punjabi (or so I’ve been told). So really, most Indian Sikhs don’t take offence in that, and not all Pakistanis look down on that type of Punjabi. I absolutely love Sikh Punjabi, bring out all the aidaa’s tey kiddaan’s.