آصف خان اور پنجابی زبان کے لسانی نظریات
Asif Khan and the Linguistic Theories of the Punjabi Language
Keywords:
Anthropology, Asif Khan, Punjabi Language, Theory, Origin, Indo European, Indo Aryan, Dravidian, old picturesAbstract
Punjabi is an ancient Language which is Spoken in Pakistan, India as a First Language and Second language in Canada. Almost 1554.5 Million people all around the world. Speak Punjabi but according to the census of 2023 56% of total population of Pakistan Speak this language. It is One of the most widely spoken mother tongues in the world. Linguists have added it in Indo-European group but its sub group is still debatable. Some researchers consider it in Indo-Aryan languages, others add it in Dravidian group while the most modern linguists have the idea that it is neither Indo Aryan nor Dravidian, according to them it is older than both. Asif khan is an important linguist of Punjabi who has made his research on scientific grounds. He has paved the way to find out the roots of this language. He supported his arguments with other relevant disciplines, such as anthropology an old picture. In this research article an attempt has been made to explore the theories about the origin of Punjabi language in context to the ideas of Asif khan.
