Punjabi songs
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After the fall of the Sikh empire, Urdu was made the official language of Punjab (in Pakistani Punjab, it is still the primary official language), and influenced the language as well. Most important words in Punjabi, like ਅਰਦਾਸ and ਰਹਿਰਾਸ, and common words, like ਨਹਿਰ, ਜ਼ਮੀਨ, ਗਜ਼ਲ, etc., have all come out of Persian. So Punjabi relies heavily on Persian and Arabic words which are used with a liberal approach to language. Many Persian and Arabic words were incorporated in Punjabi. The Arabic and modern-Persian influence in the historical Punjab region began with the late first millennium Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent. See also: Persian language in the Indian subcontinent The language of these compositions is morphologically closer to Shauraseni Apbhramsa, though vocabulary and rhythm is surcharged with extreme colloquialism and folklore. The earliest writings in Punjabi belong to Nath Yogi era from 9th to 14th century A.D. Punjabi emerged as an Apabhramsha, a degenerated form of Prakrit, in the 7th century A.D. Later in northern India Paishachi Prakrit gave rise to Paishachi Aparbhsha, a descendant of Prakrit. Paishachi Prakrit was one of these Prakrit languages, which was spoken in north and north-western India and Punjabi developed from this Prakrit. All these languages are called Prakrit (Sanskrit: प्राकृत, prākṛta) collectively. Punjabi developed from Prakrit languages and later Apabhraṃśa ( Sanskrit: अपभ्रंश, 'deviated' or 'non-grammatical speech') From 600 BC, Sanskrit was advocated as official language and Prakrit gave birth to many regional languages in different parts of India. Tilla Jogian, district Jehlum, Punjab, Pakistan a hilltop associated with many Nath jogis (considered among compilers of earlier Punjabi works) One of the five, the Beas River, is a tributary of another, the Sutlej. The historical Punjab region, now divided between India and Pakistan, is defined physiographically by the Indus River and these five tributaries. Panj is cognate with Sanskrit pañca ( पञ्च), Greek pénte ( πέντε), and Lithuanian Penki, all of which meaning 'five' āb is cognate with Sanskrit áp ( अप्) and with the Av- of Avon. The name of the region was introduced by the Turko-Persian conquerors of South Asia and was a translation of the Sanskrit name for the region, Panchanada, which means 'Land of the Five Rivers'. The word Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) has been derived from the word Panj-āb, Persian for 'Five Waters', referring to the five major eastern tributaries of the Indus River. 11.1 Governmental academies and institutes.9.2 British Raj era and post-independence period.9.1 Medieval era, Mughal and Sikh period.Punjabi is unusual among Indo-Aryan languages (and Indo-European languages more generally) in its use of lexical tone. In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi script, while Gurmukhi is used in India. The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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In India, Punjabi is spoken by 31.1 million people (as of 2011) and has official status in the state of Punjab. Punjabi is the provincial language of Punjab province in Pakistan and it has not given official status at national level. Punjabi is spoken by 80.05 million people in Pakistan.
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It has approximately 113 million native speakers. It also has a significant presence in the United Arab Emirates, the United States, France, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and the Netherlands. Punjabi is the 3rd most spoken language in England and the fifth most spoken native language in Canada. Punjabi is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan and the 11th most widely spoken language in India, and the third most-spoken native language in the Indian Subcontinent. Punjabi is the 9th most widely spoken language in the world. Punjabi ( Shahmukhi: پن٘جابی, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, / p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b i/ Punjabi pronunciation: sometimes spelled Panjabi) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Punjabi people and native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.