Akaal74 jeo, I just wanted to ask: do you live in India?
From all the trips I've taken to the Punjab, I have not noticed any Punjabi who lives there who chooses Hindi over Punjabi.
Whatever the khel maybe, I don't see a reason how this will be a conflict, or wrong?
Hindi and Punjabi are very close. A person fluent in Hindi too would not have much trouble apprehending the meaning and zeal expressed in Gurbani. Those whose mother tongues are the off-shoots of Punjabi, how do you expect them to speak this language? There are very good Sikhs living outside of Punjab in India, but according to the environment they live in, they are naturally geared towards Hindi or other Indian languages. Are they a less of a Sikh than Punjabi speaking Sikhs? How many Punjabis do you really see these days who are actually into Gurmat? The Gurmukhi script itself is an off-shoot of Southern Indian languages, that come under the umbrella of "Brahmi Languages". They are: Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu. These languages further form other Indian languages such as Bengali, Gujrati, Oriya, Devnagri, Tibetan and Punjabi(Gurmukhi). Many of the vowels commonly pronounced in Punjabi and written in the Gurmukhi script, actually come from the Brahmi Languages.
Furthermore, within Gurbani, there are numerous languages used. For example, this Shabad, which appears on Ang 721 is totally written in Farsi by Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Sahib Maharaj:
ਯਕ ਅਰਜ ਗੁਫਤਮ ਪੇਸਿ ਤੋ ਦਰ ਗੋਸ ਕੁਨ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥
ਹਕਾ ਕਬੀਰ ਕਰੀਮ ਤੂ ਬੇਐਬ ਪਰਵਦਗਾਰ ॥੧॥
ਦੁਨੀਆ ਮੁਕਾਮੇ ਫਾਨੀ ਤਹਕੀਕ ਦਿਲ ਦਾਨੀ ॥
ਮਮ ਸਰ ਮੂਇ ਅਜਰਾਈਲ ਗਿਰਫਤਹ ਦਿਲ ਹੇਚਿ ਨ ਦਾਨੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ਆਖਿਰ ਬਿਅਫਤਮ ਕਸ ਨ ਦਾਰਦ ਚੂੰ ਸਵਦ ਤਕਬੀਰ ॥੨॥
ਸਬ ਰੋਜ ਗਸਤਮ ਦਰ ਹਵਾ ਕਰਦੇਮ ਬਦੀ ਖਿਆਲ ॥
ਗਾਹੇ ਨ ਨੇਕੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਰਦਮ ਮਮ ਈ ਚਿਨੀ ਅਹਵਾਲ ॥੩॥
ਬਦਬਖਤ ਹਮ ਚੁ ਬਖੀਲ ਗਾਫਿਲ ਬੇਨਜਰ ਬੇਬਾਕ ॥
ਬਦਬਖਤ ਹਮ ਚੁ ਬਖੀਲ ਗਾਫਿਲ ਬੇਨਜਰ ਬੇਬਾਕ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਬੁਗੋਯਦ ਜਨੁ ਤੁਰਾ ਤੇਰੇ ਚਾਕਰਾਂ ਪਾ ਖਾਕ ॥੪॥੧॥
Whereas this Shabad is totally in Punjabi:
ਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਹਾਲ ਮੁਰੀਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਕਹਿਣਾ ॥
ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਰਜਾਈਆਂ ਦਾ ਓਢਣ ਨਾਗ ਨਿਵਾਸਾਂ ਦੇ ਰਹਿਣਾ ॥
ਸੂਲ ਸੁਰਾਹੀ ਖੰਜਰੁ ਪਿਆਲਾ ਬਿੰਗ ਕਸਾਈਆਂ ਦਾ ਸਹਿਣਾ ॥
ਯਾਰੜੇ ਦਾ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਸੱਥਰੁ ਚੰਗਾ ਭੱਠ ਖੇੜਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਰਹਿਣਾ ॥੧॥੧॥੬॥
Why one Shabad is in Arabic, another in Persian, while others are in Northern and Southern Languages, is known only to Guru Sahib ji. No language is supreme or above another. For example; the people of Hindustan would commonly refer to Western languages (Arabic, Persian, Turkish, etc) as "Malechh". But then why would Guru Nanak Dev ji write a Shabad totally in Farsi?
Why has Punjabi not become the official language of either India or Pakistan? The masses are not Punjabi, mind you, but the Punjabi people are actually a minority within the greather Indian hemisphere. The Marathas, Rajisthanis and primarily the Hindi speakers actually outnumber the Punjabi people. Where there is a will, there is a way. If the people who consider Punjabi to be their official mother tongue had their own nation, where Punjabi would be taught as the official language, maybe the "problem" would not have evolved? But then again, the Punjabi language isn't the only language to have become extinct. In history, numerous languages have become extinct, when they have been overpowered by those who spoke a separate language or a dialect and took control of the land. Aren't there more important issues to be discussed, such as reducing the drug use within today's "Punjabi" youth? Preaching to today's "Punjabis" about the importance and significance of growing Kes?