1895.] Trevor Bomford— Language spoken in the Western Punjab. 333 
With, regard to Bahawalpur the real figures probably lie about half 
way between those of 1881 and 1891. Those of 1881 are certainly over 
the mark, for it is unlikely that in those parts of the State which lie 
alongside the Montgomery and Lahore districts Western Panjabi is 
spoken. There we should find Panjabi, and, on the other hand, in the 
Southern parts of the State, the languageis largely influenced by Sindki. 
Beckoning roughly in this way, I think we must add another 1,500,000 
to the 1,900,000 who are returned as speaking Jatki which will give 
about 3,400,000 speaking Western Panjabi; but I must repeat that 
I have no certain information from the districts of Shahpur, the Salt 
Range, &c., and can only hope that the issue of these notes will bring 
some from those parts. 
APPENDIX III. 
The Parable of the-Prodigal Son in Western Panjabi, 
In the Persian Character. 
* ^P ld> /J )3 ( 1 I ) , 
p3^ <J3^'~ K 3*4 Pi 3^ “ Wf ^33^ 3*f. <33*33 ( i p ) 
• <3Jr*3f° L <J^° 
\jlj* p U3^ CJpl ( | ft ) 
jl oP 1 ‘ ^ U3^ U [ * ’ crt^V j* £ 3&~ oPf ( 1p ) 
y ^ ^3 ^3$ <—3 cT'Pj <■ —^ U 3*(id) 
* crt«-V P'b^ j*3** 
- ^ o/tf C^pt 3*3 cP Ca jjjl CS'^V OJpf ( M ) 
* Ia I^ij3 Aj <*«s/ u/ijt c*p> 
*» • • 
U 3 $! uj ui) 3 ^}' c *- — ^ 3*4 c —^ ^ 3 (J^y A ( | V ) 
# bj g>pf - £&> ^5‘^ x5 ip)) 
1 U^T U(/ jl (Jpl - LS&I ( f A ) 
* fV »(i? c <^p 4- t*i ” _^jb 
^3 3^ Ujl uPf ( I 1 ) 
* D^l ^ 
- b^ J Li? A ^ ^ uP ( r • ) 
I_ <J3? 3\ '-£-)& <Ll Jj^pf i- - ^ J 5 uy^ 3* 3~J 
9 
* O'P.^p ^P3 
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