Countries
Indonesia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
indonésien
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional