How come punjabis in pakistan don't speak punjabi?
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I think that there are many reasons for this phenomenon. Pakistani Punjabis are Muslim and Urdu is seen as a more Islamic language than Punjabi. The government of Pakistan is pretty much dominated by Punjabis and Muhajirs. The Mohajirs were the people who immigrated to Pakistan after independence from India. They are the most educated people in Pakistan and they promote Urdu. Secondly there is no real script to write Punjabi in Pakistan. Sikhs have Gurmukhi script that they use to write Punjabi. The only script that it sometimes used to write Punjabi is Pakistan is the Shahmukhi script. The government does not promote Punjabi. Sikhs tend to be most proud of Punjabi since their religion is deeply rooted in Punjab and Punjabi language. However the same cannot be said about Pakistani Punjabis. I know it is a sad situation when people are unwilling or unable to promote their mother language. However, it is important to note that Punjabi, despite lacking any official status, is still important in Pakistan. The biggest and most popular movies in Pakistan tend to be Punjabi even though more Urdu films are made. I guess the heart of Pakistan is still Punjabi despite the fact that Punjabi is ignored and looked down upon. . Punjabi language has rich poetry and literature. Many Pakistani also view Urdu as a bond that hold Pakistan together and they are fearful when Punjabis begin to promote their language. I guess that they will know the value of Punjabi after they lose it. There is a saying in Punjabi that "maa boli nu bhul jawega, oh kakhan vangu rul jawega". "If you forget your mother language, you will be lost"
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mostly the women r happy..if some r not they have the right to raise thier voices thats why thier voices make an image that all the women are not happy in pakistan....off course one who is happy has no need to go to any forum for announcing her happiness..... but the ones who r not happy using the complete liberty and extra ordinary rights which islam gives them rise thier voices.....some uneducated persons don't follow the rules given to them by the rellegion they follow but thats a matter of personal following and in general the culture of this area of world gives the most nice and more than equal rights to women.
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1.Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Sylheti (Bengali), Miripuri are the some of the languages spoken widely here in the UK. \n\n2.Hindi, Urdu, Gujrati and Sylheti forming the major proportion\n\n3.languages-originally from..\n   hindi/ urdu - india\n   gujarati - gujarat, india.\n   sylheti - it is a more vernacular form of bengali,, originated from Sylhet a state now in bangladesh but was in Assam india before partition. Most of the bangladeshi communities who say speak bengali actually speak the sylheti version of it.\n\n4. The speakers of these languages are widely spread throughout the uk but it is genarally said that places like Birmingham and Blackburn, Bolton have many urdu speaking communties. Lancashire, Manchester is full of Bangladeshi sylheti speaking people.Gujaratis are everywhere but mostly in London and Preston\n\n5.People who speak hindi can generally understand urdu gujarati and punjabi to some extent. Bengali speaking people understand Sylheti vive versa..\n\ni guess that must have answered ur question.. :-)\n\n    \n.
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I'm not sure of the answer, but wikipedia might! go to http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki  and search for Pakistan or "fruit lassi" or both and see what they say.
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UK punjabis are sexy.. \n\nBut the paneer thing.. i dunno .. i can't eat that much paneer.. :|
1103643
Nowadays,evryone talks in english.\nOtherwise,eng is not the mother-tongue of the Indians,sri lankans,pakistanis,bangladeshis.\nCant say about zimbabwe and kenya.
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OMG...my mom is sindhi, but i can speak and understand it!!!\nyay...wooohooo, i also know hindi and punjabi...\nhindi is a bit easier for me...\nsnickerbug0484@yahoo.com\nyea, we should talk...yay
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Omg, u desperate man! Im a Pakistani, and ur just not doing us proud. Just stay in Pakistan with ur sheep and cattle. Let the Pakistanis i the West do our thing !
517478
Because most of them loves pakistan. Thats why they are celebrating when in cricket pakistan win over India,
68514
There is no unemployment is Pakistan.... If people forget so-called ego,,,, chaudharyism....or malikism.... If pakistan can handle 3 million afghans then why not pakistanies.... people have made GRADES of work.... otherwise if you are committed to earn then you can earn....
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Pakistan has two national languages: Urdu and English.\n\nIn Urdu it's called پاکستان\n\nIn English it's called Pakistan.\n\nWhy Taiwan is also called Formosa and also called the Republic of China is a long question indeed.
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It is a local language.It is not the l;anguage of most people of the states which say it is theirs because those people have other languages but are afraid of the Hindi bullies and so falsely state their language as Hindi in the Census.Many of them migrated to Fiji, nothern part of S.America,U.K., USA., etc. where they speak it. Hindi is misused by its native users to bully & cheat others to get jobs & privileges and deprive others. It is not a national language but with English was made an Offical Language. Now, its users do not want English and want others to learn Hindi and asked the U.N. to make it a U.N. language out of sheer ego & hate for others. Sanskrit is not the origin of Tamil. It is not easy to learn Hindi or Sanskrit both of which have cranky grammars. The Govt of India & of some states  made it compulsory for all so tht Hindi speakers an get jobs and othes can be jobless in their own states.It is a new language made from Urdu or Hindustaani & other derivaives of Sanskrit & local dialects of the north India. There are much older other languages such as Tamil which is not derived from Sanskrit .
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Why should they be familiar with it? it is neither local language of Kerala nor national language. this language is a north Indian one.
469232
Where they were from wasn't the issue (pakistan, afghanistan). The issue was that they were a part of the Taliban.
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hi im hounored, 2 read all ur reviews,\nas a national of the 3rd world country(pakistan) i must say pakis are not that hardworkers in pakistan.\nthe place where i work in uk is the superstore like wallmart. obviously i work hard really hard, but if i'll be workin in some superstore in pakistan i wont work hard. \nthats the reason we r still 3rd world country. we are not hard workers at all in nature, the reason we or i shudnt involve others I work hard here is that, i think its in my subconcious that if i dont work hard ppl wud say heres the bloody lazy paki, and thats what happend... our personal manager still thinks she shudnt recruit pakis, \nim not racist or sumthin but when a black or white guy shows his lazyness no-one says a word because they argue, when a paki dun work he got investigation letter.\ni still dont complaint because i knw in uk we got too much freedom as a whole, if a white or black guy wud come to pakistan we wont treat him as we wud treat pakis, (shamefull) except for women.\nso if we pakis are racist we have no right to complaint against their likings and favours they dont give us.\n\none more thing, i want to say.... sikhs always favour sikhs, bangaalis always favours bangaalis, patels always favour patels, but pakis neva favour for a paki,\n\nso the point is we deserved to be part of third world country, someone told me that in pakistan some people are selling british blankets and jackets they got for aid. this is shamefull. i knw but i cant help this, i personally knw someone who made an NGO just to transfer his blackmoney to pakistan sayin it is the donation we av collected, durin that painful period.
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Both are same people live mostly in pakistan and N.W.F.P and also in punjab, baloachistan,karachi and vrious parts of india .they speak pushto
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Hoo the frick Ray, I guess it is difficult what with all the pakistanian fake friends running around. By the way, slapping a question mark on the back end of a statement does not a question make.