A Simplified Grammar 'Beading Book of the Panjabi Language

237 Pages·2017·16.8 MB·English

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INTRODUCTION.
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Ta ts little treatise is intended to facilitate the stud of a lan ua e
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hitherto hardl sumcientl valued the vernacular ton ue of the
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rea t majorit of the inhabitants of the Panjab. A lthou h lon
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roanin under the rule of Mu ammadan conquerors the eo le
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of the Pan a b even then clun o their own lan ua e in reference
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to ado tin the Urdu of their masters : and at the resent time
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Urdu althou h studied and ta u ht in nearl ever school to the
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almost utter ne lect of the Panjabi is nevertheless re a rded b
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the mass of the eo le as bein quite as much a forei n ton ue a s
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enera ll s ok en in ublic b the educa ted classes et in their
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own homes a ll Mu ammadans Sik hs and Hindus alik e thou h
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with considerable difference of vocabular s eak PanjRBI and
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Panjabi onl . A n one who wishes to a in the confidence and win
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the affections of the villa ers es ecia ll and the Pan a b is a
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countr of villa es must be able to a ddress them in their dear
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mother ton ue. If we ex ce t the Granth written in oetr and
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in a dia lect more nearl resemblin Braj Bhasha than modern
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Pan a bI and the various JanamSak his orm thical Lives of Guru
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value. This to a reat e x tent accounts for the li ht esteemin
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