Delhi, Delhi NCR · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Punjabi Speech Data Collection in Delhi
Khari Boli Hindi with strong Punjabi and Haryanvi influence; corporate Hinglish is the default professional register. That makes Delhi a specific choice for Punjabi collection, not an interchangeable one.
- City
- Delhi, Delhi NCR
- Language
- Punjabi
- Script
- Gurmukhi
Punjabi as spoken in Delhi
Khari Boli Hindi with strong Punjabi and Haryanvi influence; corporate Hinglish is the default professional register.
Punjabi speech mixes Hindi and English freely, with strong diaspora influence in urban registers.
Recruitment here
Largest single-city Hindi pool, plus deep Punjabi and Urdu availability.
Cover all three historic regions (Majha, Malwa, Doaba); tone realisation differs measurably between them.
Studio setup
Multi-booth facility with telephony-path simulation for call-centre datasets.
Punjabi quality rules
- Tone is unrepresented in text, so pronunciation lexicons must be built from audio, not from spelling
- Shahmukhi vs Gurmukhi script decisions must be fixed per project
- Adhak (gemination) applied inconsistently
Session types available
- Minimal-pair tone elicitation sets
- Agricultural and rural-finance domain conversation
- Spontaneous conversation across Majha, Malwa and Doaba
Building a balanced cohort
A Delhi-only cohort is appropriate when you are targeting this market specifically. For a general Punjabi model, spread the cohort across Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar as well.
| Dimension | Typical split | Why it matters for Punjabi |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | 50 / 50 | Pitch range differences change acoustic model behaviour; unbalanced cohorts bias recognition |
| Age | 18-25: 30%, 26-40: 40%, 41-60: 30% | Older speakers retain conservative Punjabi forms that younger urban speakers have lost |
| Region | Punjab / Haryana / Delhi and others | Dialect spread across 5 recognised varieties |
| Education | Mixed, including below-graduate | Prompt-reading fluency correlates with education and skews prosody |
| Condition | Studio / quiet room / field | Match the noise profile of your deployment |
Frequently asked
Can you record Punjabi in Delhi?
Yes. Multi-booth facility with telephony-path simulation for call-centre datasets.
Is Delhi Punjabi representative?
For this market, yes. For a national model, no single city is: Cover all three historic regions (Majha, Malwa, Doaba); tone realisation differs measurably between them.
How long does recruitment take?
One to two weeks for standard quotas; longer for narrow age, dialect or occupation requirements.
Collect Punjabi in Delhi
Send hours, speakers and conditions.