Al QuranWe distributed you into the tribes so that you could be

identified.(Paraphrased)

Identity and its types By Imran Ali Talpur

SUBJECT: LANGUAGE CULTURE AND IDENTITY

OriginThe word identity is derived from Latin word

It was first time used in 1570

IdentityBeing something.who or what a person or thing isCondition of being something with what it

is described

Identities Religious identity National Identity Linguistic Identity Cultural identity Ethnic Identity Professional IdentityGender based identity Family or background identity

Types of IdentityThere are two main types of identity

a) Primary identityb) secondary identity

Primary identity Primary identity can be defined as a social organ of a

person which comes with the birth of a person.

It is social because identity is social need, for to be known in society identity is needed.

It is organ in sense that it is permanently attached with a person like an organ of a body.

Primary identity includesGender

Family

Ethnic id:

Personal id:

Native Lang:

Secondary identity Secondary identity is most important type of

identity which is person’s own earned identity. It can be defined as contextual identity it is like

costume or clothes. Clothes in sense like a person keeps changing

clothes according to context same is the case with secondary identity.

If one is student in class he may become teacher , businessman or doctor etc.

Secondary identity includesProfessional id:

Religious id:

National id:

Questions