People's Linguistic Survey of India: Volume 24: Part 2: The Languages of Punjab

Contents: Part I: Scheduled Languages: 1. Punjabi/Sukhvinder Singh Sangha and Roop Krishen Bhat. 2. Punjabi Drama and Theatre/Atamjit Singh. 3. Punjabi Media/Navjit Singh Johal. 4. Punjabi Cinema/Namarata Joshi. 5. Hindi and Punjabi/Omkar N. Koul. 6. Contribution of Punjab to Hindi Literature/Hukum Chand Rajpal. 7. Urdu in Punjab/Ali R. Fatihi. Part II: Non-Scheduled Languages: 8. Bauria/Lakhwinder Singh. 9. Bazigari/Gurpreet Singh. 10. Bhand/Satpal Singh. 11. Dhaha/Kuldeep Kaur. 12. Gojri/Manjit Singh.13. Lahanda/Motia Bhatia. 14. Lubana/Pallavi Kaushal. 15. Odi/Sandeep Singh. 16. Sansi/Maninder Kaur. Index.

The People’s Linguistics Survey of India tries to give an idea of the extant and dying languages of India. It is the outcome of a nationwide survey of languages that has been documented by linguists, writers, social activists, and members of different speech communities.

This volume documents the languages spoken in the state of Punjab. Apart from a detailed description of Punjabi language, the volume includes entries describing the linguistic features of the regional dialects of Bauria, Bazigari, Bhand, Dhaha, Gojri, Lahanda, Lubana, Odi and Sansi. A survey of folk and written literature is also included. In addition, the volume provides information about the invaluable contribution of Punjab to the development of Hindi and Urdu languages and literature.