BBC News Punjabi

BBC News Punjabi
Native name
BBC News ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Type of site
Online newspaper
Available inPunjabi (Gurmukhi)
ParentBBC World Service
URLwww.bbc.com/punjabi
IPv6 supportNo
Launched2 October 2017 (2017-10-02)

BBC Punjabi (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi), بی بی سی پنجابی (Shahmukhi)) or BBC News Punjabi is an international news service in the Punjabi language. It was started on 2 October 2017.[1][2] The service is on websites and social networking sites.[3] The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.[4][5]

Coverage area

Former BBC News Punjabi logo.

Target audiences are Punjabis from India, Pakistan and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.[6][7] According to BBC's official website, Punjabi is spoken by 100 million people, making it the 11th most used language in the world.[4][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BBC News India launches new services in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu". SEENIT. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "BBC launches its Punjabi service". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "BBC News Agrees To Include Punjabi Language On News Site". Sikh24.com. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 "BBC launches new Indian services". 2 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  5. ↑ "BBC to launch in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu in late 2017". MediaNama. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "BBC World Service to add Punjabi, 10 other languages". dawn.com. Reuters. 17 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "At 50 million audience, India BBC's top overseas market". The Indian Express. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?". Alt News. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.