2023-05-11 10:45:00
the spelling Got bbetter than Punjabis the recommended one to refer to this indian state that’s it Pakistani provinceas well as the historical region that is currently divided between both countries.
In the media it is common to find phrases with the English variant Punjab: “The Pakistani federal government ordered the deployment of troops to defuse tension in Punjab” or “Pakistan deploys the Army to control chaos in Punjab.”
According to the transcription rules of the Academy, when «the spellings dj, j o g represent a phoneme similar to our /y/, they must be replaced by the letter y». On the other hand, regarding the alternation between Got b y Punjabthe article that precedes the place name is optional, as explained in the Panhispanic dictionary of doubts.
Thus, in the above examples, it would have been appropriate to write “The Pakistani federal government ordered the deployment of troops to defuse tension in Punjab” and “Pakistan deploys the Army to control chaos in Punjab.”
He demonym corresponding is I havebetter than Punjabiand admits the plurals punjabi y punyabíesalthough preference tends to be given in educated languages to the plural ending in -ies.
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