Why Punjabis Do Not Speak Punjabi With Their Kids

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Re: Why Punjabis Do Not Speak Punjabi With Their Kids

@Promiscuous_Paki

Punjabi is just a dialect of Urdu, not a seperate language.

Punjabi came before Urdu, Urdu dialect is actually descended from the dialects of NW Punjab..

To me Urdu is the refined, formal, urban dialect whilst Punjabi is the “let your hair down” dialect of the same languages..

I find more differences in the Peshawar Pashto and Quetta Pashto than in Punjabi and Urdu.

In our family we speak Urdu at home because it’s our national language but Pashto with paternal family and Punjabi with maternal grandparents.

Punjabi is completely different from Urdu. Urdu script is based on Arabic while its grammar is based on Hindi.
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*Punjabi is also known as Gurmukhi i.e. spoken by Sikh Gurus. Its script is derived from Devnagari. *
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Punjabi spoken in Pakistan I guess uses Urdu/Arabic script.