Countries
Philippines
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Palihug
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Babay
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Visayan
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
cebuano
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
16th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional