Basic Course in Punjabi

By Pawan Kumar and Dr. Nirmaljit Kaur | Northern Regional Language Centre, Punjabi University Campus, Patiala

Learners enrolled: 423

Basic Course in Punjabi Language is designed to learn Punjabi online. This course will teach the basics of Punjabi Language in Gurmukhi Script. In this course, learner will learn the basic aspects regarding Punjabi language and Culture.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Not Applicable
Language for course content :	Punjabi
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Language
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	15 Jul 2025
End Date :	15 Nov 2025
Enrollment Ends :	15 Sep 2025
Exam Date :	11 Dec 2025 IST
Exam Shift: :	Shift- I

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week-wise Course Layout
Week 1	Introduction to land, literature and culture; Greetings; Self-introduction.
Week 2	Introduction to Personal pronouns, Demonstrative pronouns and Possessive pronouns
Week 3	Gurmukhi Orthography and Punjabi Scripts; Vowels and Consonants and other diacritics
Week 4	Gender, Number, Noun, Adjective and Adverbs
Week 5	verbs, Postposition Conjunctions, Punctuation mark
Week 6	Case, Time, Colors, seasons,
Week 7	Present tense and its kinds; opposite words; counting
Week 8	Past tense and its kinds; kinship terms
Week 9	Future tense and its kinds; negative, interrogative
Week 10	Typing on Computer and mobile; applications Writing, proverbs and idioms
Week 11 & 12	Daily life routine activities in conversation method

Books and references

-An Intensive Course in Punjabi by Motia Bhatia

- A reference Grammar of Punjabi by Harjit Singh Gill

- The Punjabi Language by N. I. Tolstaya

- Introductory Punjabi by Ujjal Singh Bahari and P.S. Walia

-Colloquial Punjabi by Mangat rai Bhardwaj

- Teach Yourself Punjabi by Purewal and Kalra

- Punjabi: A cognitive-descriptive Grammar by Tej K. Bhatia

-Bharathiya Bhsha Jyothi-Punjabi,CIIL,Mysore

Instructor bio

Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar received Ph.D from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in 2015 in Punjabi Language. He is working presently as lecturer in Punjabi at Northern Regional Language Centre, Punjabi University Campus, Patiala from 2018. This centre is northern centre of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru. He is teaching Punjabi to Non-native speaker of Punjabi at the centre.

Dr. Nirmaljit Kaur

Dr. Nirmaljit Kaur Ph.D from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in Punjabi Language. She is working presently as HOD and Assistant Professor, Punjabi department at Sikh National College, Banga, SBS Nagar from 2018

Course certificate

Exam Registration URL: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled, and the certification exam fee needs to be paid.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

30 Marks will be allocated for Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) which will be available at the end of the course and 70 Marks will be allocated for end term proctored examination.

A minimum of 40% passing marks (i.e. at-least 12 marks in Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) & 28 Marks in external proctored examination) will be required for being eligible for SWAYAM Certificate.