FIRST OF ALL: People who have knowledge about India should be the only ones answering. Do not post "I don't know" if you don't know.
Anyway, I am a guy who is of Indian descent. I was born in America and lived here ever since I was born. I talk nothing like an Indian person and I don't even look like one. If you met me in real life, you wouldn't be able to guess my ethnicity.
Well, I was in school (community college) one day and all these foreign kids from my Psychology class came up to me and started making fun of me in well.. Indian language.. I don't know if it was Punjabi or Hindi but I sure as hell understood that they were not saying nice things since my mom always speaks to me in both languages and I have a feel of what is being said.
From what I could understand, they were saying something along the lines of "That guy can't even pronounce his name right" and "he acts white." This really pissed me off! I wanted to say something back to them but I couldn't speak the language.
2006-10-29 05:06:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I want to learn how to speak Hindi or Punjabi. I would perfer to speak Punjabi since that is the culture of my family. However, I looked for classes in the school and other places and could only find ones that teach Hindi. Anyway SORRY for the long story, but what is the difference between these two languages? Aren't they pretty much the same?
Don't get me wrong, I am not just going to learn it because of the above reason. It would be cool the be able to understand the language and be able to speak to people in my family that can't speak english and it could have all sorts of other uses that would help me in understanding the culture. Not only that, those assholes can't make fun of me saying stupid *** **** like that. Who do they think they are anyway? Do they know what country they just walked into? WTF?
2006-10-29 05:07:26 · update #1
Well first of all, I don't speak Hindi or Punjabi but i know that there is a different. I am from South India. They are two different languages from two different parts of India. Hindi is spoken all over India. Punjabi is just in the state of Punjab. I know that there are some words that are the same in both the languages. Hope this answers your question a little.
2006-10-29 05:18:35 · answer #1 · answered by shri09 1 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Yeah I'm a fellow punjabi, and I've noticed that some indians think they're better then everyone else, it pisses me off too. Until I recently spent time in India, I could understand punjabi and all, but I just couldn't speak it, even now I have the "americanized accent" if you know what I mean. Punjabi and Hindi are A LOT alike, however they are different.
I would suggest taking those hindi classes, since they are a lot alike, once you pick up one, you should easily pickup the other. However, no one likes being made fun of, it's kind of like if we take an indian language class, people expect us to do good in it, and if you don't well you might just get made fun of.
If you want to learn how to say certain phrases, I can try to help you out but I can't guarantee you'll pronounce them right, but really just start asking your mom how to say stuff, I'm sure she'd be happy that you were interested in your culture.
And don't worry about those guys, they're probably just jealous..
just tell them "Chup kar" which pretty much means be quiet or shut up. Sorry I can't really help you other then that, good luck though.
2006-10-29 12:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by punjabi007 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hindi To Punjabi
2017-01-04 15:00:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is Punjabi A Language
2016-11-14 08:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Punjabi (part Malayali too) and I know Punjabi pretty well. So Punjabi and Hindi have literally the same grammatical/sentence structure, and they have similar word roots. They are both Indo-Aryan languages that came from Sanskrit (and its derivations like Prakrit), which all came from ancient Persian languages (like Avestan and Farsi) which were brought by the Aryans. That said, the words themselves aren't that much alike, and the pronunciation is different too. Punjabi, by my observations, is more Prakrit-like than Hindi (or Sanskrit-like but Prakrit is closer to contemporary Indo-Aryan languages). For example, the word big in Hindi is bada but in Punjabi and Prakrit it is vadha. Also some dialects of Punjabi, mostly western, have Urdu words like guftagu and justaju. Some words in both languages, the first in Hindi and second in Sanskrit: to - ko, nu; to do - karna, karana; does - karta, kard(h)a; doing - kar raha, kar raha (same); did - kiya, kitta.
2014-08-03 10:27:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speaking Hindi & Loving Hindi Culture!
2016-07-14 08:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hindi and punjabi share almost the same helping verbs. there are a lot of words that are different in both languages but a lot of them are similar too! i am not an indian but its simple. every language has its own beauty and these different and unique words and their pronunciation is the cause of this.
2016-03-17 05:55:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Hindi and Punjabi use different scripts to write their languages. Hindi uses the Devanagari script which is the same script used to write Sanskrit, Nepali, and Marathi. Punjabi has its own script called Gurmukhi. Both, Hindi and Punjabi, however, can both be written in Arabic script. This is usually done by those who live in Pakistan and/or Muslims.
Both Hindi and Punjabi belong to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo European language family. More specifically, they are Central Indo-Aryan languages. And within this group, they belong to different subgroups.
While they share a lot of similarities with each other, they are also different in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. I'd say the differences are akin to Spanish and Portuguese. Very similar but distinct enough to be considered separate languages.
2006-10-29 05:27:10 · answer #8 · answered by ako lang 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
See Hindi is a fuc..";:k and punjabi is a royal language and this is the difference
2016-09-05 16:08:13 · answer #9 · answered by sonu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak Punjabi, my friend speakz Hindi...both languages r similar...except for a couple of words and the style of using them. (Of course, different alphabet for each). Punjabiz tend to be more aggressive and upbeat abt their language as far as i've seen while hindus tend to speak on a politer note...lol.
Here's a comeback for the ppl teasing u:
"Kutiyan wangu bonkana chud de je tu apni maa da dhud peeta aa."
("stop barking like a dog if u've drunk ur mom's milk")...it actually soundz better in punjabi though
2006-11-02 12:19:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋