Multani dialect

For more information, see Punjabi dialects.

Punjabi dialects

Multani is one of the most oldest dialect spoken in southern Punjab, Pakistan. It is a dialect of Punjabi. Multani is a mixture of Jhangochi dialect of Punjabi and northern dialects of Sindhi , along with some of its own distinct features. Saraiki is the new name but for centuries, Multani was in use.

Classification

It had been historically classified as dialect of Punjabi. In 1920’s Garrison in his Linguist Survey of India classified in to Southern cluster of Lahnda (Western Punjabi). In 1964 Multani was termed as Saraiki which is claimed as a separate language.The debate over Saraiki as a separate language or dialect of Punjabi is a issue which could not be resolved to date because Saraiki is also considered as a dialect of Main stream Punjabi because Saraiki is Mutually intangible, Morphologicaly and Syntactically similar with Standard Punjabi and is in fact dialect of Punjabi agreed by majority of local linguists such as Dulai, K Narinder, Gill, Harjeet Singh Gill, A Henry. Gleason (Jr), Koul, N Omkar, Siya Madhu Bala, Afzal Ahmed Cheema, Aamir Malik, Amar Nath as well as modern linguistics publications such as US National advisory Committee based The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) along with modern linguistics such as Cardona and Nataliia Ivanovna Tolstaia classifing Saraiki as a dialect of Punjabi. Today like all other dialects in Punjab, a process of unification and getting closer to Standard Pakistani Punjabi (Urdu influenced Majhi written in Shahmukhi), has made it quite similar Morphologicaly, Syntactically and Mutually intangible with Standard Punjabi.

Ethology

It is called Multani because it is spoken in and around Multan.It is mentioned in ancient documents.It is also known as Standard Saraiki since 1964.

Dialect speaking area

Multani is mainly spoken in Multan District, Muzaffargarh District and adjacent ares like some parts of District Lodharan district. This entire area has almost the same traditions, customs and culture. The Multani dialect of Punjabi has several aspects that set it apart from other Punjabi variants.

Poet

Khwaja Ghulam Farid was an eminent poet of Multani.

Differences in Punjabi Dialects Standard (Majhi), and Southren (Multani)

English	Majhi or Standard Punjabi. (Central Punjab of Pakistan and India)	Multani. (Southern parts of Punjab Province)
What, This	Ki, Ae	Kia, EE
How much, This much, That much	Kinna, Inna, Unna	Kitna, Itnna, Utnna
My, Your, His, Our, Yours, Their, Of	Mayre, Tayra, Oda/Osda, Saada, Tuhada, Onaanda, Da	Mayda, Tayda, Usda, Asaada, Tusada, Uninda, Da
Me, To you , Him, To it, Us, To you, Them, To	Maynoo, Taynoo, Onoo/Osnoo, Aynoo/Esnoo, Saanoo, Tuhaanoo, Onaannoo, Noo	Maykhoo, Taykhoo, Uskhoo, iskhoo, asaakhoo, Tusaakhoo, Uneenkooo, khoo
I am, You are, He is, We are, You are, They are (going)	Mae aan, Tu ayn, O ay, Assee/Assaan aan, Tussi/Tussaan O, O nay (Jaa nda/day (plu) )	Mae haan, Tu hayn, Oo hay, Asaan haan, Tussaan ho, Oo han (Ve aynada/ay (plu) pya/ay )
I was, You were, He was, We were, You were, They were	Mae saan, Tu saen, O si, Assee/Assaan saan, Tussi/Tussaan so, O sn	Mae haan/m, Tu havaen, Oo hi/aa, Assaan hassay, Tussaan havaen, Oo aahin
I shall take, You will take, He will take, We shall take, You will take, They will take	Mae lae aan ga, Tu lae ayn ga, O lae i ga, Assee/Assaan lae aan gay, Tussi/Tussaan lae o gay, O lae aan gay	Mae ghin ays aan, Tu ghin ays ayn, Oo ghin ays i, Assaan ghin ays aan, Tussaan ghin ays o, Oo ghinays n
Go, Come, Happen, Take away, See	Ja, Aa, Ho, Le Ja, Vekh	Vnj, Aa, Thee, Ghinivnj, Dekh
Boy, Girl , Women, Man	Munda, Kuri, Znaani, Aadmi	Chohr, Chohir, Tremit, Muns
From, A lot	Toon, Bot	Toon, Baon
One, Two, Nine, Ten	Aek, Do, No, Das	Hikk, Doo, Naa, Daah

See also

• Lodhran District