Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Germany
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Danke
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
bitte
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Deutsch
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
allemand
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional