The Punjabi People
The Punjabi People
The Punjabi people are an ethnic group associated with the Punjab region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, presently divided between Punjab of India and Punjab of Pakistan.
They speak Punjabi, a language from the Indo-Aryan language family. The name Punjab literally means the land of five waters in Persian: panj ("five") āb ("waters"). The name of the region was introduced by the Turko-Persian conquerors of the Indian subcontinent.
The coalescence of the various tribes of the Punjab into a broader common "Punjabi" identity initiated from the onset of the 18th century CE. Prior to that the sense of a common "Punjabi" identity did not exist.
With the passage of time, tribal structures are being replaced with a more holistic society. In contemporary terms, Punjabis can be referred to in three most common subgroups; Punjabi Muslims, Punjabi Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus.
They speak Punjabi, a language from the Indo-Aryan language family. The name Punjab literally means the land of five waters in Persian: panj ("five") āb ("waters"). The name of the region was introduced by the Turko-Persian conquerors of the Indian subcontinent.
The coalescence of the various tribes of the Punjab into a broader common "Punjabi" identity initiated from the onset of the 18th century CE. Prior to that the sense of a common "Punjabi" identity did not exist.
With the passage of time, tribal structures are being replaced with a more holistic society. In contemporary terms, Punjabis can be referred to in three most common subgroups; Punjabi Muslims, Punjabi Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus.
Punjabis adapted from Wikipedia and licensed by The Cultural Me under CC BY SA 3.0