Colloquial Panjabi - A Complete Language Course by Mangat Rai Bhardwaj

The Colloquial Series Series adviser: Gary King 1be following languages are available in the Colloquial series: *Afkrikaans -Albanian -Amharic Arabic (Lcvantine) "Arabic of Egypt

Arabic of {he Gulf and Saudi Arabia

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Colloquial

Panjabi

Panjabi

· Persian · Polish · portuguese . portuguese of Brazil "'Romanian "'Russian

A Complete Language Course

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Mangat Rai Bhardwaj

Contents First published 1995 by Routledge 11 New Feller Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously publish.cd in the USA and Canada by Rouliedge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Acknowledgements A word to the learner Panjabi pronunciation and writing system

C 1995 Mangat Rai Bhardwaj Reprinted 2004

Routledge i.' an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group Typeset in Times by Thomson Press (India) Ltd, New Delhi, India

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