'Punjabis reluctant to accept Punjabi as mother tongue'

[Francis Hult]

Daily Times

 

'Punjabis reluctant to accept Punjabi as mother tongue'

 

A large number of Punjabis are reluctant to accept Punjabi as their mother tongue, as they fear they will be considered illiterate if they speak the language, Punjabi intellectuals and scholars said on Friday.

They said the International Mother Language Day, which is being celebrated today, should remind Punjabis of their origins and ancestry. They said locals should take pride in their mother tongue instead of feeling shy of communicating in the language. They said the upcoming census could register Urdu as the mother language of Punjab, as most men had started using Urdu instead of Punjabi, which they feared could lead to invalid data collection.

 

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C02%5C21%5Cstory_21-2-2009_pg7_32

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