Countries
Indonesia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
javanais
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
450 AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
java1253
  
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