Facebook Now In Punjabi

[Azaad]

The announcement that Facebook for mobile phones is going to be launched in eight Indian languages, including Punjabi and Hindi, has brought cheer amongst the youth in and around the city.

There is a sizeable and growing community of people in the region using Punjabi as the language for surfing websites. Youngsters from both rural and urban areas in and around the city are connected on Facebook.

Sarabjit Singh, a BA student, said that he used to write in Punjabi using English alphabets. But the introduction in Punjabi on mobile phones would ease things up. "Regional language written using the English alphabet seems funny and frivolous," he says.

According to the noted Punjabi poet Jaswant Zafar, who is a regular user of the popular social networking website in Punjabi, “There is a vast community of Facebook users in Punjabi, but there was always a constraint of using it on computers. Mobile platform may propel the online use of Punjabi."

Padam Shri awardee Surjit Patar said, "Mobile phones these days are very popular with the youth and so is Facebook. It is good that even while using Facebook on phones, there would be no constraint for people to use the Roman script for sharing and writing Punjabi poetry."

“Such initiatives are aimed at increasing the footprint of social networking sites, but they are also facilitate the growth of the languages as a byproduct,” he said.

[singh135]

FacebOok is the last thing punjabi youth need

[pedrorizzo]

FacebOok is the last thing punjabi youth need

Lol. This will take 'eve-teasing' to whole new level!

[VanHelsingh]

Have you guys heard of tales from back home about how Panjabi youth are using Facebook almost like a dating site? :biggrin2:

I'm not kidding! Guys and gals actually arrange rishtas through Facebook and then you've got the elders (mostly the grandmothers and mothers) in the pindh who delight in spreading the news to everyone.

"Mein keya 'Tu Facebuk Toh Kudi Labh La' ".