1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Fiji, India
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi 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.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
240,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Pakistan, Punjab, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
380.00 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
260.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
120.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Punjabis
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Modern Punjabi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional