If any
Punjabi speaks Urdu or English in urban areas of Punjab than it does not mean
that Punjabi is not able to speak Punjabi. Every Punjabi in urban areas of
Punjab also know to speak one or two languages as secondary language besides
Punjabi but, the primary language of every Punjabi is Punjabi only. If any
Punjabi do not know Punjabi as his/her primary language than he/she is no more
Punjabi.
Everywhere
in the streets of Punjab cities, towns, villages, agricultural fields,
factories, markets, shops, banks, post offices, courts, police stations, bus
stations, railway stations, people speak Punjabi. But, the Educational and
official language of Punjab is not Punjabi, it is Urdu. In Punjab, people speak
Urdu as their second language due to the status of Urdu as an official
national, provincial language, and the educational language of Punjab.
Domination
of Urdu is not the problem of Punjab only. Sindh is more under the influence of
Urdu. Although the official language of province Sindh is Sindhi but, due to
the domination of Urdu Speaking Muhajirs in urban areas of Sindh, the Urdu
language is dominant in Sindh, especially, the urban areas of Sindh are totally
under the domination of Urdu and in factories, markets, shops, banks, post offices,
courts, police stations, bus stations, railway stations, people speak Urdu and
Sindhi is mainly spoken in small cities, towns, villages, agricultural
fields of rural areas of Sindh.
Therefore, the combined movement of the Punjabi nation and Sindhi nation is necessary to replace
Urdu by the native languages of Punjab and Sindh. For the purpose, Sindhi
nation is required to demand that the language of the minority population of
Pakistan be replaced by the 60% majority population of Pakistan and the Punjabi
language be declared as the national language of Pakistan.
It will
help the Sindhi language in Sindh to be the most spoken language of Sindh.
Because, after declaring the Punjabi language as the national language of
Pakistan in place of Urdu, the Urdu will lose the patron ship from the people
of Punjab and support of Punjabi people in the urban areas of Sindh. Therefore,
besides Punjabi and Sindhi, the Pashto, Hindko, Balochi, Brahui, Gujarati,
Rajasthani and speakers of other languages in Sindh will start to speak the
Sindhi or Punjabi language in place of Urdu.
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