Thank you dear.

Actually, you are one of the handful of people that I know who can speak and write Urdu well (not just everyday language) in addition to English . And, of course, we are Punjabis. At least we understand and can speak to a great extent.

Certainly, being trilingual adds another layer of richness to our linguistic capabilities—a humble opinion.

I was referring to academic proficiency here. You know there is a class of youth among us who pride themselves as "non - proficient" in terms of their national language and take pride in speaking foreign language (although I doubt their capabilities in both). It is okay not to be proficient in one's national language, or only proficient in the spoken category, but it should never be a matter of pride; rather, the opposite. I have been telling my kids the same, now and again.

And you are right, most of people here are bilingual. They know how to speak urdu in addition to their regional language :)