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Introduction: |
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Punjabi also termed as Panjabi or Gurumukhi is the mother
tongue of the Punjabi people and the Punjab regions of India
and Pakistan. Punjabi is the official language of the Indian
state of Punjab and Chandigarh and second official languages
of Delhi and Haryana. As an official language, it is used in
government, education, commerce, art, mass media, and in
everyday communication. It is also commonly spoken in
neighboring states such as Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Not
only in India and Pakistan, Punjabi is also a popular in other
countries such as United Kingdom, United States, Australia,
and most notably in Canada where, it has ranked among the top
five most commonly spoken languages, according to the 2001
Canadian census. Punjabi is also spoken in Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Fiji, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, and
United Arab Emirates. Thus, a total of 104 million people
speak the language, making Punjabi the tenth most widely
spoken language in the world. |
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Punjabi Language: |
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Punjabi is an Indo-European language belonging to the Indic
branch of the Indo-Iranian subfamily. In modern days it has
categorizes into two branches Eastern Punjabi and Western
Punjabi. The term Eastern Punjabi is used for the Punjabi,
which is the state Language of India’s Punjab state, 30 to 45
million people speak it as their primary language. Western
Punjabi is spoken in Pakistan and about 27 million people use
this branch of Punjabi as their first language.
There are many dialects of Punjabi, like; Majhi, Doabi, Malwai
and Powadhi in India, and Pothohari, Lahndi and Multani in
Pakistan, but the Majhi is the standard written form of
Punjabi and is the dialect used in both India and Pakistan.
The pitch of the Punjabi language is tonal, unlike other
Indo-European languages, and the writing script is Gurumukhi.
The vocabulary of Punjabi has been influenced by other many
languages, including Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit
and English.
Punjabi is the preferred language of the Sikh community
because much of their religious literature is written in the
language. It is the usual language of Bhangra, a fusion of
traditional singing and dancing which has recently gained wide
popularity both in South Asia and abroad and has played a
major role in popularizing Punjabi worldwide. |
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Our Punjabi Language Course: |
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We, at Indo Vacations have designed a special
course in Punjabi Language Course that helps you to learn this
wonderful language. While designing this course we have taken
greatest care of the fact, that this course is intended for
people or students who do not belong to the Punjabi speaking
regions. This course has planned in association with
experienced instructors, who have expertise in teaching
foreign students whose native language is not Punjabi. This
course has planned with enough flexibility in terms of
duration that mainly depends on the interest of student
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and the availability of trainer. This course is an individual
course, means you will get lessons by a personal trainer. You
are free to ask questions, take your time at the exercises and
practice the sentences as long as you and your teachers are
satisfied with the pronunciation. Normally these classes run
five days in a week with daily sessions of 5 hours.The daily
classes are divided in two sessions pre lunch and post lunch
session.
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However, the timing can be rearranged by your trainer with
your consent. Our language program is an inclusive program
that includes your accommodation also. We normally arrange
your accommodation within 10 minute reaching time to your
teacher. This will facilitate better coordination between you
and your trainer and safe your time and money as well. For
accommodation, we provide you the different options; stay with
an Indian family or choose a guesthouse or pain guest
accommodation. We generally suggest you to stay with local
family so that you get better environment for learning the
language. You will learn a lot by listening and speaking to
your host family. You will also get a chance to experience the
rich Punjabi culture and way of living of Punjabi’s. During
your stay, you will be provided a personal room with bath and
WC, round the clock cold & warm water, meals including
breakfast, Lunch and dinner as well as Tea & coffee,
facilities for laundry, internet etc.
At present, we are conducting this Punjabi Language Course in
Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan and other major cities of India. We
would arrange your transfer from nearby international Airport,
if wished so, on nominal charges. We could also plan tours to
nearby places or any other destination in India and assist you
for every other travel tour services needed by you. For any
further information regarding Punjabi Language Course or
travel tour services, do write us and give us a pleasure to
assist you. |
Punjabi Language
Courses - some additional Information !
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We are offering
private language courses and normally these courses
are done by the hobby students from different countries.
There is no school and collage certificate is issued for
these short term language courses. Courses for the beginners
and advance learners are also organized. However you will
get a teaching certificate from your teacher about the
language lessons you have taken from her.
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We would
accommodate you with a small Indian family and you would be
provided a private room with batch and WC. The Room will be
air- cooled. We need to have some details about you with a
recent photograph to forward to the host family.
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You will be
taught by an experienced private female teacher and
the classes will take only 10 min. from the place where you
will be staying. Classes are normally for five days in two
parts in total for five hours.
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Please note
you will be taken care of by your teacher as well as by the
family you would stay with and we do not expect you be out
of the house in the late hours unless informed to the host
family.
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As this is a
private organized course you have the option of choosing
the time you would like to be here and we would check with
the teacher and confirm this by return to you.
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Please also note
that most of the host families cook only vegetarian food in
India so only vegetarian food will be served during the
stay.
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You would be
given the tel. numbers of the house as well as mobile of the
host family so that you can be reached by your family any
time.
For any further
information Team of Indo Vacations will be glad to assist you.
The glossary that
follows lists some important Punjabi words with their English
translations:
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Gurmukhi |
Transliteration |
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hello |
ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ
ਨਮਸਤੇ/ਨਮਸਕਾਰ
ਅੱਸਲਾਮ ਅਲੈਕਮ |
Sat Srī Akāl (Sikh) Namastē/Namaskār (Hindu)
As'salām Alaikam (Muslim) |
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Yes (Informal) |
ਹਾਂ |
Hān |
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Yes (Formal) |
ਹਾਂ ਜੀ |
Hān Jī |
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No (Informal) |
ਨਹੀਂ |
Nāhī |
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No (Formal) |
ਨਹੀਂ ਜੀ |
Nahī Jī |
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My name is___ |
ਮੇਰਾ ਨਾਂ ___ ਹੈ । |
Mērā Nām ___ ah |
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