Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
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
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
154.30 million
  
12
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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