1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Pothohari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
Rank: 22 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Saraiki
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
Rank: 5 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Doabi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.44 %
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
pendjabi
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
Punjabis
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000 AD
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pa
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
pan
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
pan
7.3 ISO 639 3
pan
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
panj1256
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional