The Punjabi Language Movement (; ; abbreviated as PLM) is a socio-political movement in

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (, ) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the Demographics of Pakistan, most populous province in Pakistan and the List of first-level administrative divisions by popu ...

, advocating the recognition of the

Punjabi language Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is one of the most widely spoken native languages in the world, with approximately 150 million native sp ...

, as well as

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and

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

, in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

to allow its use in government affairs, education, and media. Today, the Punjabi people constitute the largest ethnic group in the country, though

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

was given status as the sole national language of the country, following

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. Unlike Indian Punjab, where reading and writing the Punjabi language is compulsory at every level from 2008, alongside a special

Punjabi University Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew Universit ...

at Patiala, Punjabi does not have any kind of official status in Pakistan and is merely recognised as a nominal "provincial language" in Pakistani Punjab. The PLM's ideologies are based on Punjabi nationalism.

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Punjabi Language Movement Official websiteOfficial FacebookPLM on Youtube
Politics of Punjab, Pakistan Punjabi language in Pakistan Organisations based in Lahore Language policy in Pakistan Linguistic rights Linguistic controversies Punjabi nationalism Language conflict in Pakistan {{Pakistan-stub

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