Name
This symbol is known as the Punjabi Language Flag and may also be identified as the 35 Akhar Flag when explaining its founding stewardship.
35 AKHARLearn • Speak • ConnectStart LearningFlag Charter
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Flag Charter
A public promise that keeps the Punjabi Language Flag welcoming, dignified, neutral and focused on language.
PUBLIC DECLARATION
A shared cultural-language symbol
“The Punjabi Language Flag celebrates Punjabi as a shared world language. It welcomes every speaker and learner, across countries, communities, scripts and beliefs.”
This Charter explains what the flag represents, how it may be used and the boundaries that protect its inclusive purpose.
THE CHARTER
Sixteen guiding articles
These articles apply whenever the Punjabi Language Flag is displayed, reproduced or associated with an activity.
Purpose
The flag celebrates Punjabi language, literacy, learning, preservation and connection among speakers, learners and future generations worldwide.
Core message
The flag carries the educational message “Learn • Speak • Connect.” Its purpose is to encourage participation in Punjabi through learning and respectful exchange.
Shared world language
Punjabi is a living world language expressed across countries, regions, dialects, scripts and communities. The flag does not reduce Punjabi to any single place or identity.
Universal belonging
Every Punjabi speaker and learner is welcome, regardless of nationality, region, religion, caste, gender, age, ability, political belief or level of language knowledge.
Neutrality
The flag is cultural and educational. It is not governmental, territorial, military, religious, political, partisan, separatist, caste-based or exclusive.
Equal script dignity
Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi are recognized with equal dignity. Roman Punjabi or another accessible transliteration may support learners without replacing either script.
No ownership claim
35 Akhar does not claim ownership over Punjabi, its scripts, letters, dialects, literature, heritage or communities. Stewardship applies only to the flag design and this Charter.
Permitted use
The flag may be displayed respectfully at language classes, literacy programs, libraries, schools, cultural activities, family events, community gatherings and other non-partisan educational settings.
Prohibited use
The flag must not promote hatred, discrimination, violence, harassment, supremacy, misinformation, partisan campaigning, religious conversion, territorial claims or the exclusion of any Punjabi community.
Dignified display
The flag should be clean, secure and treated with ordinary public respect. It should not be intentionally damaged, defaced, placed on the ground or displayed in a degrading context.
Attribution
Public reproductions should identify it as the “Punjabi Language Flag — founded and stewarded by 35 Akhar” when space and context reasonably permit.
Non-commercial community use
Respectful, non-commercial educational and community display is welcomed when it follows this Charter and does not imply official approval or partnership.
Commercial and official collaboration
Commercial products, fundraising, sponsorship, institutional co-branding or official collaboration require prior written permission from 35 Akhar.
No endorsement
Displaying the flag does not mean that 35 Akhar endorses a person, organisation, event, statement or cause. Users remain responsible for their own conduct and communications.
Design integrity
Use only approved artwork. Do not stretch, crop, recolour, rotate, rearrange, add symbols or text inside the protected design, or alter its proportions. Minor technical adaptations are allowed only under published reproduction guidelines and must preserve the design’s identity and clear space.
FOUNDING STEWARDSHIP
Care, clarity and accountability
The Punjabi Language Flag initiative was founded by Gurbinder Singh Jaspal. 35 Akhar serves as the founding steward of the approved design and this Charter.
Stewardship exists to protect neutrality, inclusion, equal respect for Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi, and faithful use of the design. It does not create ownership over Punjabi language or culture.
Community feedback may inform future clarification of this Charter, but no amendment may weaken its non-political, non-religious, non-partisan and universally welcoming character.
Proposed and administered by 35 Akhar · Adopted September 2026
A language symbol must build connection—not division.
Use the Punjabi Language Flag in a way that welcomes learners, honours every community and keeps the language at the centre.