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Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?

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The author and his grandmother might have used their mother-tongue to converse with each other. As the author, Khushwant Singh belongs to Punjab, the language used by them might be Punjabi.

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अध्याय 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Thinking About Language [पृष्ठ ७]

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Thinking About Language | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ७

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