| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 112 3184 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 430 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Efstration of the 104 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Reeves of the 99 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Silcox of the 53 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Donatucci |
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| 10 | 10 | | of the 105 |
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| 12 | 12 | | , and Hilton of the 48 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Recognizing the Punjabi language; and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, native to the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, Punjabi is the ninth most2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | widely spoken language in the world, with approximately 600 million speakers; and3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Punjabi has a significant number of speakers in India, Pakistan, the United4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Australia, as well as smaller communities of5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | speakers in other countries; and6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, there are more than 780,000 Punjabi-speaking Americans and more than 15,0007 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Punjabi-speaking Georgians; and8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, the Sikh American Society of Georgia and the Georgia Punjabi-speaking9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | community are committed to preserving, protecting, and sharing Punjabi language, literature,10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | art, culture, and traditions with fellow Georgians.11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that12 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the members of this body recognize the Punjabi language in honor of the contributions made13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | by Punjabi speakers to our communities.14 |
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| 31 | 31 | | H. R. 430 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized |
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| 35 | 35 | | and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | public and the press.17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | H. R. 430 |
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