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Malaysian and Punjabi


Punjabi and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Malaysia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

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

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

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

Please
sila  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
maaf  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Musi  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

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

French Name
malais  
pendjabi  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
54  
39
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
pan  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Punjabi Speaking population

Malaysian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Punjabi on Malaysian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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