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Punjabi and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Thank you   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Good Night   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Please   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Sorry   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Bye   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
I love you   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
English   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
anglais   
pendjabi   

German Name
Englisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
pan   

ISO 639 3
eng   
pan   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All English and Punjabi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of English and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Punjabi Speaking population

English and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of English and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Punjabi on English vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Punjabi Language Codes

English and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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