Punjabi Language Movement

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Punjabi Language Movement
Public demonstration in Lahore
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Parties
  • Punjabi Parchar
  • World Punjabi Congress
  • Punjabi Khoj Garh
  • Punjabi Lok Sujag

The Punjabi Language Movement (Punjabi: پنجابی زبان تحریک, romanized: Pañjābī zabān tahrīk; pronounced [pənˈd͡ʒaːb.bi zəbaːn təɦ'ɾik]; abbreviated as PLM) is a socio-political movement in Punjab, Pakistan, advocating the recognition of the Punjabi language, as well as culture and literature, in Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, education, and media.[1][2][3][4][5]

Today, the Punjabi people constitute the largest ethnic group in the country, though Urdu was given status as the sole national language of the country, following independence.[6] Unlike Indian Punjab, where reading and writing the Punjabi language is compulsory at every level from 2008,[7] alongside a special Punjabi University at Patiala, Punjabi does not have any kind of official status in Pakistan and is merely recognised as a nominal "provincial language" in Pakistani Punjab.[8] The PLM's ideologies are based on Punjabi nationalism.

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References

  1. ^ Staff Report (21 February 2011). "Punjab wants its mother tongue back". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ Brown, Michael Edward (2003). Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262523332.
  3. ^ Kamal, Neel (14 September 2015). "A march for Punjabi revival in Pak's Punjab". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. ^ Soofi, Mushtaq (27 February 2015). "Punjab Notes: Mother language, people and politicians". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ^ Punjabi Language Movement
  6. ^ Service, Tribune News (19 February 2016). "Thousands to march for Punjabi in Lahore". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Punjab Cabinet Okays to amend Punjabi official language Act". Zee News (in Latin). 3 September 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Punjabi as medium of instruction". The Nation. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-10-07.