@wordsatwork: Punjabi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, and it also uses something that sets it apart from nearly every other Indo-European language: tone! But how does it work? Let’s learn more about Punjabi, tonogenesis, and linguistics in general! #language #learnontiktok #punjabi #DidYouKnow #education

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kathianax
kathi :
anyone know anywhere good to learn punjabi 😭😭 it’s my mother tongue but an absolute painn to find anyone that teaches it online
2026-03-24 10:29:14
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zeedonkk
BirdieSanders :
maybe in east Panjabi, in Pakistani Punjabi those examples don't work
2026-03-24 02:54:24
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marias.escapades
Maria💫 :
I'm a native speaker of Punjabi but never realized that it was a tonal language.. your example made it click in a split second and my mind is blown 😦
2026-03-23 21:45:27
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nini___________12
Nini :
As a Punjabi speaker, damn!
2026-03-23 22:30:59
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123chaar
cofy boy :
Another example is “ghar” and “car” both are pronounced similarly but tonally different
2026-03-24 02:29:25
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saadextra
سعد🇵🇰 :
proud Punjabi 🇵🇰
2026-03-24 08:07:49
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rose72502
SaffronRose :
I find punjabi writing fascinating, in India it’s written Gurmukhi script while in Pakistan it’s written like Urdu. Same words same sounds but different writing.
2026-03-24 02:09:42
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adamkh0r
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there’s a tongue twister my parents use, something like kis cha di cha di cha chahidi ae, each “cha” has a different tone and i can’t hear it but they can 😭
2026-03-23 15:31:41
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vendingmachine_473
v :
yay!!! punjabi mentioned!!!!! :))))) thank you for talking about our language!
2026-03-23 17:15:58
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3zoozx_1
🇵🇰𓃵 :
i speak pothohari punjab
2026-03-24 08:44:47
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marinari0305
Mari ¦3 :
im.so early uhm.im nervous
2026-03-23 14:13:30
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p.to1999
i??? :
I speak Punjabi and imo the examples you gave don’t work. The words are pronounced differently, it’s not just a tonal difference. Ghora is pronounced with a g sound and kaura with a k sound.
2026-03-24 00:22:10
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nikkatnightt22
nikkatnightt22 :
My mom will tease me when I say something with an incorrect tone and tell me what I actually said so yeah def a tonal language
2026-03-24 02:00:14
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creativeleo
Nitin Kapoor :
Another fun Fact, First Punjabi was Shah Mukhi and Later one is Guru Mukhi... Punjabi have origins in Lahore and Lahori might've later transformed into Punjabi.
2026-03-24 07:56:24
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literallymoribuntarou
catboy_joes :
ghora and kora are different words and they sound different? im so confused and i speak punjabi
2026-04-30 21:35:21
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wasifawan7582
𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙠 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙛 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙣 :
i speak 5 dialects of panjabi potohari jhanogochii majhi awankarii and malwi
2026-03-24 09:35:18
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dickdocker
samibuzpjcz :
I was skeptical until I said those examples out loud
2026-04-29 19:47:56
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iloveturtles171
iloveturtles171 :
every time i see your vids on my fyp i smile
2026-03-23 15:27:50
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isaqib05
Saqib jahangir :
did you guyz know there is no sound of "Baa ب" instead of "Baaب" we use "Paaپ" for example in urdu we call our brother "بھائی" but in punjabi we use "پائ"
2026-03-24 02:13:47
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kritika.dhiman7
Kritika Dhiman :
Punjabi speaker since birth, never could say both ਘੋੜਾ and ਕੌੜਾ without them sounding the same. As well as ਕਰੀ and ਘੜੀ| my family tried their best to teach me the difference
2026-03-24 05:32:16
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neetoh
neet 🪿🎢 :
EXCELLENT research, you killed it with this!!!
2026-05-01 06:10:20
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pakistan_pk123
A☪️ :
proud punjabi and punjabi speaker
2026-03-24 19:18:48
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_under_under_
hristo.dam :
I'm a little confused. The words were spelled differently from each other or am I missing something? They look like they can be pronounced in different ways, but thats probably because of my native language. That's really cool tho! All your videos are very interesting!
2026-03-23 15:59:58
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._.midnightcravings
Jawad :
My beautiful language ❤️
2026-03-24 03:43:26
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varinder.varinder98
Varinder (Varinder) Rathore :
I speak Punjabi and am a Punjabi Sikh. I learned something new today.
2026-03-24 02:42:10
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