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yupp thats me right thereMPElive said:Happens with our family as well. If your family is from Ludhiana area, they will tend to use some Doaba Slang along with thier Malwa slang. If they are from the the hearts of Malwa (Moga, Faridkot, Ferozpur, Patiala), then Malwa slang runs in your family.rajkaran said:wait...
I'm SO confused now about my family...
So my family says Gunda, Chabi, & Loon...but also says Tharka and Jura..but my family also adds "ney" at the end of sentences...
so is my family doaba or malwa? or something else?
balloon is gubarha...and the best word is LAFAFA (envelope or paper bag) lol its so funny to hear some little kids calling it falafaa hahaDholaholic said:Balloon= PoompardaaBol Punjab De said:How do you guys say balloon? Ive gone over this one with friends all the time.
oh and its Thurka - DOABA BABY!
best word everr lol
Both of those places are in heart of Majha for sure so its Majhi dialect. It is ascribed as 'Standard' Punjabi in books and stuff.rajkaran said:Last time I checked, my parents mentioned Lahore/Gujranwala...MPElive said:Happens with our family as well. If your family is from Ludhiana area, they will tend to use some Doaba Slang along with thier Malwa slang. If they are from the the hearts of Malwa (Moga, Faridkot, Ferozpur, Patiala), then Malwa slang runs in your family.rajkaran said:wait...
I'm SO confused now about my family...
So my family says Gunda, Chabi, & Loon...but also says Tharka and Jura..but my family also adds "ney" at the end of sentences...
so is my family doaba or malwa? or something else?
where does that put me in terms of language?
It's interesting to finally find out! But now that I think about it, I'm guessing my family's dialect is a mix since they were actually born/raised in Thailand and must've been exposed to a bunch of dialects from different Punjabi immigrants to the country.COMTONDAJATT said:Both of those places are in heart of Majha for sure so its Majhi dialect. It is ascribed as 'Standard' Punjabi in books and stuff.rajkaran said:Last time I checked, my parents mentioned Lahore/Gujranwala...MPElive said:Happens with our family as well. If your family is from Ludhiana area, they will tend to use some Doaba Slang along with thier Malwa slang. If they are from the the hearts of Malwa (Moga, Faridkot, Ferozpur, Patiala), then Malwa slang runs in your family.rajkaran said:wait...
I'm SO confused now about my family...
So my family says Gunda, Chabi, & Loon...but also says Tharka and Jura..but my family also adds "ney" at the end of sentences...
so is my family doaba or malwa? or something else?
where does that put me in terms of language?
PakiJab has some other fun dialects like Jhangochi (In and around Jhang area), Pothowari and Seraki (even though people say its a separate language).
that is false news.... i know for a fact a true malwai woudl never say ''ney'' at the end of there sentence.....you prolly heard it from some american born confused malwaiMeistro said:seriously hahahah can we get a little doaba love in here? To add on to Raja's, I also say LOON. What else, oh yea Ive also noticed malwa people say "Ney" at the end of their sentences. Like "Asi othey gey Ney", as opposed to "Asi othey gey si". All good though! hahaha, Malwa Bhangra is the best afterall!- Raja - said:Thurka
Gunda
Chabiyaannn (KEYS)
MAAN DOABE DAAA
good point, romanized punjabi only makes sense to native speakers because we know the pronunciation already. but the confusion is because of actual pronunciation differences or different words. these dialects predate gurumukh script too. like some people say jhumer like jhummar and some say chummar and even weirder people from the actual place where jhumer was danced call it jhumbar.Piarpreet Kaur said:not trying to be offensive or anything, but unfortunately this confusion with spelling its because people dont actually use roman script to transcribe gurmukhi properly. i wish they would because then we would all know how to pronounce it and write it without referring to the original gurmukhi form
like saying sat sri akal when really it should be Sat(i) Sree akaal, or jhumer being jhoomar, or guru actually is guroo
i study phonetics (major: linguistics) so if im overreacting forgive me![]()
YAY MALWAAA!!COMTONDAJATT said:this. malwa 4 lyfe.gill00 said:tharkha
noon
jura (turban)
pyaj
yesamancheema said:thardka
Hattpichay said:One word that has been overlooked
Yogurt
Malwa - Daheen
Doaba - Khatta
Daheen is seperate.Hattpichay said:One word that has been overlooked
Yogurt
Malwa - Daheen
Doaba - Khatta