Seeking West Punjabi learning resources

Question

I wish to learn the Punjabi language.

From what I understand, Western Punjabi (spoken in Pakistan) is the traditional Punjabi language that Punjabis spoke before the Partition of India (which created Pakistan), and Eastern Punjabi is spoken in Punjab, India

Please tell me where I can learn Western Punjabi (using Gurmukhi script, not Arabic script)

I searched Rosetta Stone, and they do not offer Punjabi at all.

Then I read reviews of Pimsleur Punjabi and they say this teaches a formal way of speaking Punjabi.

Answer 1

Apparently, some linguists consider Western Panjabi/Punjabi and Eastern Panjabi/Punjabi as dialects of the same language. When you look for learning materials and grammars, they refer to "Punjabi" or "Panjabi", not to any of its variants. For example:

• Free Punjabi Lessons and Courses listed by MultilingualBooks.com.
• Learn Punjabi Talk Now! series. (no date)
• Mangat Rai Bhardwaj: Colloquial Panjabi: The Complete Course for Beginners, 2nd edition. Routledge, 2012.
• Mangat Bhardwaj: Panjabi: A Comprehensive Grammar. Routledge, 2016.
• Tej Bhatia: Punjabi. Descriptive Grammars. Routledge, 1994.
• Narindara Dule: A pedagogical grammar of Punjabi. Patiala : Indian Institute of Language Studies, 1989.
• Motia Bhatia: An intensive course in Punjabi : dialogues, drills, exercises, vocabulary, notes on grammar, and word index. Mysore : Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1985.
• C. Shackle: Punjabi. London, St. Paul's House, 1972.
• Thomas Bailey Grahame (1872-1942): Panjabi Grammar. A Brief Grammar of Panjabi as Spoken in the Wazirabad District. 1904.

I could not find Punjabi, Panjabi or Western Punjabi in the list of free FSI courses or on lingvopolis.