Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh
The pure belong to God
Victory belongs to God
Please forgive me if I am wrong - but from my understanding, Punjabi is not the language for Sikhs. Yes, the religion started in Punjab and God sent his beloved messenger Siri Guru Nanak Dev Ji to that land to spread the Word of God, but the language is not strictly Punjabi.
The Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a mix of many languages (16 I think). The five main ones being Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, Arabic and Persian. All these combined are called the Gurmukhi or Gurbani (Word of God).
As directed by God, Siri Guru Nanak Dev Ji traveled the earth like no other man of any other religion has ever done. This is not a bias statement, evidence shows this. If you take the 3 other main monotheism religions of the world and their religious leaders this can be easily shown.
Moses the leader for the Jewish traveled in his life time from Palestine to Egypt.
Jesus Christ the leader for the Christians traveled in his life time within Palestine.
Prophet Mohammed the leader for the Muslims traveled in his life time within Saudi Arabia.
Guru Nanak traveled from Punjab to Mecca (Saudi Arabia) and back. From Punjab to Sri Lanka and back. From Punjab to Tibet (China) and back. From Punjab to Dhaka (Bangladesh) and back. If you put these distances out on the world map it goes around the equator twice.
For this extensive travel Siri Guru Nanak Dev Ji had to speak the language of the people as they were geographically scattered all over the world. Hence the Gurbani is a mix of languages and not just Punjabi.
Please forgive me if I have offended any misinterpreted this post in any way.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh
The pure belong to God
Victory belongs to God