Entisar

I meat with Pathan Friends in Karachi , Steel Town , whose father was working in Steel Mills of pakistan and they had settled in Steel Town after migration from Kohat NWFP.

They were Very haltingly speaking in Pashto and prefered speaking URDU and one of my friend's brother told that he understand Pushto , but can speak Pushto very hardly.

I thought your Children will never speak Pushto as You the Parants wou'nt know/practice it.

Is this the Case with other languages too.?

decentsms

they might dont speak as a mother tongue

marwati

Pashtuns stick to their langauge and culture as lmg as they remain in their own areas. Outside their native area, when settled, forget their pashto within 2nd generation.
i think disloyalty to mother tongue is done only by pashtuns bcoz i have observed that punjabis settled in our area long time ago, still speak punjabi in their homes.

marwati

Mostly modern and educated pashtun families settled outside pakhtunkhwa abonden their mother tongue perhaps because they feel shame in being identified as pashtuns who are usually chokidaars, mazdoors and labourers.

Entisar

Why do they abodon their selves to speak in Pushto , there may be many reasons ? , But if some one have this mantelity that , doing Hardwork , Even chokidari , Mazdoori etc is some thing to be offended for could not appriciated.

marwati

Mr.engrashmi, are you a Pashtun?

If yes, then its strange that you are complaining of Pashtun's disloyalty towards their langauge while you have already take a step ahead by repeatively using the improper word "Pathan" instead of "Pashtun".

Niksik

These days most Indians only speak English at home in India. And watch Bollywood.. So it's sort of like Bonglish...English in a sing song sorta way.

It's very entertaining

RupayHalwa

Don't agree - My siblings and I are 2nd generation pashtoons living in UK and we speak pakhto fluently. I have 2nd generation friends whose young kids also speak pakhto fluently.

The same can be said of 2nd and 3rd generation punjabis who I know, we all make a conscious effort to keep the language going.

marwati

wrora, i can say that u r fluent in pashto bcoz u have got gifted pashtun parents

RupayHalwa

Not wrora, its khoro, and no my parents aren't gifted, neither are the parents of friends I mentioned, I guess it was a matter of principle, they knew that if they didn't keep the language going, it would be lost.

FairyTale

Does this mean that a pathan gal should only marry a pathan boy? Coz if she marries a non-pathan then her generation language will be not pushto.

marwati

lineage doesnt run from women.
its no problem if a pashtun girl marries a non-pashtun and her childs do not know pashto.

FairyTale

what if father has got all gals n no son?

marwati

so no further shajra but there r few historical exeptions .

(remember that i m talking in context of pashtuns who have organized system of khels. i now names of my forefathers for abt 9 generations)

FairyTale

I know abt my 7 generations too.

marwati

^ r u a pashtana?

FairyTale

Does it make any difference? but yes i am. and i am what your id says.

marwati

^u mean u r marwat?

by the way why u get rude
when i asked whether u r pashtun.
is'nt ur hesitancy reflects inferiority complex.

FairyTale

I feel you are rude now ... arent u ?

I am never rude....btw i didnt hide anything.

i was not hesitant or have any complex but may be i do not share with strangers very easily.

marwati

if u r a marwat than i can explain why i bcome rude. wil u want me to explain?

by the way it is forum, no question of being stranger.