How much Urdu do you speak at home?

[Fawad]

I speak Punjabi at home

[amirfanforlife]

but if you can read Arabic doesnt tha tmean you should be able to read Urdu too? After all its the same script

Is it? I didn't know that. But I can read the qu'raan, just can't read anything in urdu. :/

[irfan]

Hardly speak any Urdu anymore, for me it's my 3rd language; first is English and then Punjabi.

[Ranvir]

I find it strange that many of you speak Urdu instead of your ancestral mother tongue. You shouldn't abandon your roots.

For example with Indians, a Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali person will speak their mother tongue first and if they live in India they will learn Hindi as a second language, it won't replace their day to day language and it won't become their first language.
And if these people are born outside of India they will not be fluent at all in Hindi and will only know bits and pieces picked up from films and songs.

For example my parents speak Punjabi and that's what I know, I know some Hindi as it's quite similar to Punjabi and also I picked some up from Bollywood movies.

Are Mirpuris and Punjabis in Pakistan ashamed of their mother tongue? Do people think you are uneducated if you speak these languages? Urdu comes from the Delhi/UP area, hundreds of miles away from your land. That's like an English person taking up French as his language.

[DHONI183]

I find it strange that many of you speak Urdu instead of your ancestral mother tongue. You shouldn't abandon your roots.

Exactly! Learning other languages is always good but don´t forget your own language. I speak Punjabi with pride even though some of the country-men around me here in Germany feel ashamed at it and usually reply with "Hummei´n Punjabi nahi naa aati,.... issliye samajh nahi aayi".

[iHammad]

24/7 urdu at home, outside 24/7 english

[AZ]

attempted speaking Punjabi at home.

suffice to say, it didn't go well...they looked at me as if I was ********.

[TAK]

Are Mirpuris and Punjabis in Pakistan ashamed of their mother tongue

just punjabis who are ashamed

personally never speak urdu unless it is Absolutely neccessary

e.g. last week i had a good chat with a bloke from burma in urdu

[Cricket-o-Saurus]

i speak in urdu to parents.......and afrikans and english to my sisters......sometimes i kick off in english to my parents too...but then i have to be reminded......'urdu men baat karo beta'...

[jatt]

always speak punjabi at home although i can talk in urdu/hindi but get taunted as being bhaiya if i try. when with cow belt indians or pakistanis i talk in hindi/urdu

[Pakistaniboy]

Just Punjabi with my dad and Urdu and Punjabi with my mom.

Norwegian with my sisters lol.

[Saeed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqi4Jzq2pBU Wow this guy put me to shame.

[Kianig89]

I speak punjabi at home in fact with all my relatives n friends i speak Punjabi Urdu only with Pashtun freinds

[Phool]

The honest answer is that I am not very proud of Urdu. Probably because I am adha teetar adha batair!

[DeadlyVenom]

Very little. My spoken Urdu is quite slow but I understand it to a good level. I have to make sure I don't slip in punjabi phrases when I speak Urdu so have to overthink everything I say.

My family all speak Punjabi.

[ElRaja]

still urdu mostly, exclusively with parents, mix english urdu with others. rarely punjabi.

The honest answer is that I am not very proud of Urdu. Probably because I am adha teetar adha batair!

lolwut?

[Noori]

Language is a language whether Urdu Punjabi Balochi or whatever. Just a means of communication, speak your Mother tongue to remain rooted to your culture, but don't get into the linguistic "superiority" cause no language is superior to another, it's all too petty and meaningless, no language is for REAL Men or women. It's like saying Tyson or Nigel Benn are real tough men because they speak English or are black. That has no bearing on anything. It's all individual.

[HamzaSaeen]

I speak urdu to any Pakistani person I meet.
Basically anyone of a Pakistani background.
Just more comfortable with speaking the mother language

[96NotOut]

Not much. Everyone around me speaks English. And the grownups just laugh at me when I do speak in Urdu. Actually, when I was a kid, I spoke more Spanish at home than Urdu! XD

[Red Devil]

I speak punjabi at home in fact with all my relatives n friends i speak Punjabi Urdu only with Pashtun freinds

still urdu mostly, exclusively with parents, mix english urdu with others. rarely punjabi.

No Pothwari? What's wrong with you people

[cricket083]

I speak Urdu all the time at home and sometimes English,elders do speak Punjabi and I know how to speak it but I don't speak it,very seldom with anybody who doesn't know Urdu..

[cricket083]

Not much. Everyone around me speaks English. And the grownups just laugh at me when I do speak in Urdu. Actually, when I was a kid, I spoke more Spanish at home than Urdu! XD

Where do you live now?
Pakistan?

[96NotOut]

Where do you live now?
Pakistan?

Yes.
That's why I had to learn. I would love to be able to speak LOTS of languages, but never really felt comfortable in Urdu. I can express myself better in my first language.

[cricket083]

Yes.
That's why I had to learn. I would love to be able to speak LOTS of languages, but never really felt comfortable in Urdu. I can express myself better in my first language.

Oh!well,if you live in Pakistan then you should be well versed in Urdu as well because it is our National language and you can't cope without this language as alot of people can't even understand English here..

[Ibad17]

I am Persian speaker but I talk in Urdu with my friends..

[Mughlai]

Only urdu. We take it quite seriously.

[96NotOut]

Oh!well,if you live in Pakistan then you should be well versed in Urdu as well because it is our National language and you can't cope without this language as alot of people can't even understand English here..

Yeah, I'm pretty good at it now, but my accent is still weird and I often switch from Urdu to English without realizing it. My parents speak good Urdu so they expect me to be a natural too.

[kinventor]

Majhi punjabi, the one which is spoken in central punjab. Though i can understand and speak hindko, mirpuri, etc dialects of punjabi as well. They are very similar to each other.

[abcpark]

use to speak urdu all the time

[Noori]

I speak Urdu at home and with relatives, and with cousins who are able to speak it, and English with the remaining cousins who can't speak Urdu, they feel neglected otherwise lol. For some reason people from back home are so surprised when others can speak Urdu with the proper accent & pronunciation, it's really no big deal when you've been taught to speak it since your toddler years, it's a natural progression.