English has many words of Urdu!

[Zarghuna]

*Punjabi is fusion and tonal language. Tonal being that it distinguishes words by the tones and fusion, because of its tendency to fuse morphemes (a morpheme is the smallest linguistic unit that has semantic meaning).

*It is from the Indo-Aryan group of languages, which is the sub group of Indo-Iranian and Indo-European group of languages.

*Punjabi uses two different scripts, Perso-Arabic and Gurmukhi. Perso-Arabic is used by Muslims of Pakistan, whereas Gurmukhi by the Sikhs of Eastern Punjab.

*Punjabi is the preferred language of the Sikh people and it is also the language of their religion.

[Zarghuna]

*Almost a 100 million people worldwide speak different dialects of this language as their first language.

*The literary period of the language begins with the sacred scriptures of the Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib, this collection of writings by the Sikh Gurus is probably the first manuscript of the Punjabi language.

[Ilyas_Kashmiri]

Zarqhuna Thankyou for giving us such detail defination of Punjabi and yes you are right about the 2500 BC. Archaeologists discovered two 4000-year-old cities, 400 miles apart, along the banks of the Indus River in Pakistan. These expertly constructed cities were parts of an advanced civilization comparable to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. :shock: We don’t know what the ancient people of the Indus River Valley called themselves. Archaeologists named the cities Mohenjo-Daro, which means “hill of the dead,” and Harappa, after a nearby city. 8)
The people of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa lived in sturdy brick houses that had as many as three floors. The houses had bathrooms that were connected to sewers. Their elaborate drainage system was centuries ahead of their time. :roll: Archaeologists have found the remains of fine jewelry, including stones from far away places. This shows that the people of the Indus Valley civilization valued art and traded with other cultures. :wink:

[Zarghuna]

Exactly! well, I've been to these places and it is very disturbing to see that the government has not paid them the attention these treasures deserve. Also around Taxila are the remains of the very flourishing Gandhara civilization. The stupas of Buddha are a sight to see, especially the Dharmarajika site. Taxila museum also homes some great wonders! which, by the way, also includes those sneaky souvenier sellers who rob the tourists of their earnings shamelessly!

[Goldbee]

it's interesting.

[Berlinder]

My point of view:
No cultured person would ever say such and such is a language of uncultured. There is no uncultured language on earth. It will only be associated to ugly and dirty words of sex. Any language is an intelligent creation by wise and learned people and in course developments of history. One who knows a language would not call it ever an uncultured languge. During the last century only snobs, snoopys and uppish aristocrats defined something out of vanity and big-headedness certain languages as low grade and below there dignity. In history there were always such foolish people, during Napolien era, for example. It was the same in Music world for many decades. In modern times the african music particularly in America is being adored.
- Berlinder

[Ilyas_Kashmiri]

Sir, Berlinder! as usual you are right and yes it is true the language itself is not to be labeled it's how one chooses to use it should be considered cultured or not.