Editing Punjabi language (section)

===Origin===
[[File:Tilla Jogian.jpg|thumb|[[Tilla Jogian]], Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, a hilltop associated with many Nath jogis (considered among compilers of earlier Punjabi works)]]
Punjabi developed from [[Prakrit]] languages and later {{IAST|Apabhraṃśa}} ({{Langx|sa|अपभ्रंश}}, 'deviated' or 'non-grammatical speech')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singha |first1=H. S. |title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries) |date=2000 |publisher=Hemkunt Press |isbn=978-81-7010-301-1 |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C&dq=punjabi+prakrit+language&pg=PA166 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121195057/https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C |archive-date=21 January 2017}}</ref> From 600&nbsp;BC, [[Sanskrit]] developed as the standard literary and administrative language and [[Prakrit]] languages evolved into many regional languages in different parts of India. All these languages are called Prakrit languages (Sanskrit: {{Langx|sa|प्राकृत|translit=prākṛta|label=none}}) collectively. [[Paishachi]] Prakrit was one of these Prakrit languages, which was spoken in north and north-western India and Punjabi developed from this Prakrit. Later in northern India Paishachi Prakrit gave rise to Paishachi [[Apabhraṃśa]], a descendant of Prakrit.<ref name="Singh-2019"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=G S Sidhu |url=http://archive.org/details/panjabandpanjabi_202003 |title=Panjab And Panjabi |date=2004}}</ref> Punjabi emerged as an Apabhramsha, a degenerated form of Prakrit, in the 7th century AD and became stable by the 10th century. The earliest writings in Punjabi belong to the [[Nath|Nath Yogi]]-era from 9th to 14th century.<ref name="Hoiberg 2000">{{Cite book|last=Hoiberg|first=Dale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISFBJarYX7YC&q=Punjabi+language+Nath+Saints&pg=PA214|title=Students' Britannica India|date=2000|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-0-85229-760-5|language=en|access-date=25 October 2020|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402155537/https://books.google.com/books?id=ISFBJarYX7YC&q=Punjabi+language+Nath+Saints&pg=PA214|url-status=live}}</ref> The language of these compositions is morphologically closer to [[Shauraseni Prakrit|Shauraseni Apbhramsa]], though vocabulary and rhythm is surcharged with extreme colloquialism and folklore.<ref name="Hoiberg 2000"/> Writing in 1317–1318, [[Amir Khusrau]] referred to the language spoken by locals around the area of Lahore as ''Lahauri''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=Anne |title=Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions |date=29 November 2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780429622069 |editor-last=Jacobsen |editor-first=Knut A. |pages=206–207 |chapter=13: The Territorialisation of Sikh Pasts}}</ref> The precursor stage of Punjabi between the 10th and 16th centuries is termed 'Old Punjabi', whilst the stage between the 16th and 19th centuries is termed as 'Medieval Punjabi'.<ref name="Languages of India"/><ref name="Bhatia-2013">{{cite book |last1=Bhatia |first1=Tej K. |title=Punjabi: A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9781136894602 |page=XXV |edition=Reprint |quote=As an independent language Punjabi has gone through the following three stages of development: Old Punjabi (10th to 16th century). Medieval Punjabi (16th to 19th century), and Modern Punjabi (19th century to Present).}}</ref><ref name="Routledge"/><ref name="Oxford University Press"/><ref name="Austin-2008"/><ref name="Language in South Asia"/>