Punjabi Self-Study Books

[.- Prabhjot Singh -.]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Sangat Jeo

A few books on learning written and spoken Punjabi have been uploaded on SikhSangat's Scribd account. Perhaps those of us who are not familiar with Gurmukhi script, or those who want to improve their Punjabi vocabulary and general reading skills will find these self-study books useful. :geek:

Links:

1. Colloquial Panjabi - A Complete Language Course by Mangat Rai Bhardwaj - Published by Routledge, London (2004)

From the Preface: "This course... is a complete language course which aims at helping you learn the colloquial variety of Panjabi... One of its major objectives is to help the learner take her/his linguistic skills to the level from where she or he is able to take charge of her/his own learning, become her/his own language teacher and attain higher levels without anybody's help. This course has been designed in such a way that you do not have to learn reading and writing at the same time as spoken Panjabi."

Read/Download: http://www.scribd.co...at-Rai-Bhardwaj

2. Introduction to Punjabi Language - Unknown Author

Read/Download: http://www.scribd.co...unjabi-Language

3. Punjabi Primer - Scientifically designed for easy learning by Dr. Gurbakhsh Singh - Published by The Kalidhar Trust, Gurdwara Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India

From the Preface: "Younger people may find this very helpful for learning to read Gurmukhi. It is based on the conversion method of learning Punjabi. According to this method, one learns to convert the Punjabi alphabet and vowels into corresponding English forms, the use of which the student already knows. It, therefore, enables a person to read Panjabi in about two weeks time. Learning by this technique becomes interesting because one starts reading and writing words the very first day."

Read/Download: http://www.scribd.co...Gurbakhsh-Singh

4. Punjabi Reader Level 1 by Ved P. Vatuk - Published by Colorado State University (1964)

Description: "A first-level reader is presented, primarily for those students who have a speaking knowledge of Panjabi and some knowledge of Panjabi Grammar. This volume can be used in a general Panjabi language course as a supplement to conversational materials, or by itself in a course on the written language. A glossary and a brief Grammatical appendix have been added to make the reader self-sufficient. Three sections are in this volume -- the first section introduces the writing system, the second section presents selections of increasing difficulty, with vocabulary lists, explanations of Idioms, and exercises relevant to the materials read, the third section is more advanced and includes a one-act play for students wishing supplementary reading."

Read/Download: http://www.scribd.co...University-1964

5. Punjabi Reader Level 2 by Ved P. Vatuk - Published by Colarado State University (1964)

This is the second volume of the above book.

Read/Download: http://www.scribd.co...University-1964

Dhanvaad! :happy2:

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[Singh559]

Thank you for sharing these books! :strong:

[GurjantGnostic]

Here is additional help with ipa pronunciation. 

http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/ipa-pronunciation-lessons.php

And thank you for these resources.