Lubanki dialect

The dialect consisted of a mixture of different vernaculars. Some unique words were gauri (cow), chhora (son), bhut (devil), bhau (brother), dasa (hole), ladho, and baro. The dialect went into decline after the Lubana tribe started settling into a sedentary lifestyle. In 1941, the weekly newspaper Prem Sandesh edited by Bawa Harnam Singh spoke against the dialect and other aspects of Labana culture, such as ghagra, choli, various ornaments, purdah, and other cultural aspects.

Among Sikhs, the famous Labanki quote Guru Ladho Re (Found the Guru) was outspoken when Makhan Shah Labana identified the ninth successor of Nanak, Guru Tegh Bahadur.

Some Lubanki words are preserved within the Guru Granth Sahib, such as in the following phrases:

• tu bharo thakar mera (page 622)
• ih jag tago sut ko bhai (page 635)
• min pakr phankio ar Katio randh kio bahu bani (page 658 )
• sant jana ka chhora tis charni lag (page 811)
• phuto anda bharam ka manaih bhaio pargas (page 1002)