Punjabi originates from an extremely old language of Sanskrit. It also has it’s main influential roots which is the Hindi language. This language was particularly spoken in the regions of the Baluchestan, Afghanistan and across India. At one point 60% of India was fluent in Punjabi. It is a very in-formal language, which is why many people in India have claimed it to be so popular. Punjabi was mostly influenced by the 2nd Sikh Guru: Guru Angad Dev Ji, Who created Punjabi writing as well. Punjabi is not a very
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popular language, especially in America, Europe and Australia and it is not spoken as often as English is.
My family has used the Punjabi language for many years. My mother’s brother was the first one ever to learn Canadian-English. He came to Canada looking for better living conditions, health care and more opportunities to explore his career. To find a job he had to learn English, to communicate with other people he had communicate in English. My mother’s other 2 brothers were the second and third ones in my family to learn the English language. They were first introduced to the language when they first arrived in Canada. They did not know how to speak the language but were forced to learn it since they could not communicate with other people and know what to do and what knot to do. My mother was the last one in my family to learn the English language. When she left India and came to Canada looking for a job she had to learn English. Without the English language none of my mother’s brothers would be here in Canada and I also wouldn’t be here either if I had not learned this language.
English is not used in my family very often. The only time when we speak English is when we pronounce the names of different places or the name of the months and the pronunciation for these words is not exactly the same. People who speak Punjabi would pronounce October “Ok-tu-br” and America “Um-reek-a”. Majhhi, Sikraiki, Hindko, Dogri and Langur are just a few dialects in the Punjabi language. English is a
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language which is not used in my family frequently. The only time we might use it is when we relate to Months, Places and the days.
The English language is used worldwide, therefore people must learn this language in order to communicate and interact with people. English is important to us, because we need to develop well communication skills to prepare our self’s for the real world. Work, school government and politics, auctions and bids over the internet. These are the areas where English is a must. Without it we would never succeed in these fields.
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Rahman, Tariq 2002. <http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/subject/peoplesandlanguages.html>.
Singh, Mohinder. History and Culture of Punjab. India: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1998.
