Urdu vs Punjabi

[DavidC]

I've seen it written, from what I would consider to be a biased source, that Urdu is "more refined" than Punjabi. In his opinion, Punjabi sounds a little more like yelling / arguing than Urdu.

Does anyone here know the truth of this?

http://www.apnaorg.com/poetry/22poets/

(Here's some Punjabi recordings, but I can't find anything in Urdu.)

FWIW, I'm a little curious about the history and culture of India, which is why I'm asking...

--Dave.

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Something I'm surprised about:

"Sound recordings purchased through the South Asian Studies Program are usually of two types: full or partial sound tracks from one or more movies or recordings featuring a particular vocal artist. Since Hindi and Urdu are the same verbal language, unless the container or label indicates some other language or dialect (Bengali, Telugu, Persian, etc.) is being used, assume that songs on Indian recordings are sung in Hindi, while on Pakistani recordings assume Urdu as the vocal language."

from this site (http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/cataloging/procedures/HindiUrdu.html#video)

[thabadguy]

The reason punjabi sounds more like arguing to you, is because of the "rythm" in the way the people speak it. I dunno how to explain it, kinda like how an irish accent sounds ...well..musical. Does that make any sense?
My dad was raised in The Punjab and he speaks Punjabi and Hindi very fluently, and when he speaks Punjabi with his friends, his tone changes..
Furthermore Punjabi maybe considered less refined as it does not do much officially, more of a spoken language, urdu on the other hand is used for most official work in Pakistan.

I dont think ive made any sense at all. I mean i can totally see what you mean, but i am having difficulty explaining it to you.