A Descriptive Grammar of Hindko, Panjabi, and Saraiki

punjabi is a major world language with some 80 million speakers in Pakistan where it is the most widely spoken language and 30 million in India where it is a national language. And yet Punjabi has received remarkably little attention in the linguistic literature.This work describes the phonology, orthography, morphology, and syntax of Pakistani Punjabi including reference to major dialect variation. Plentiful examples with native orthography, Roman transliteration, and morpheme-by-morpheme glossing illustrate the various features of the language.This grammar will be of use both to linguists and to students of Punjabi.