1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch 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
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
goeie more
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
jammer
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Pothohari
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Saraiki
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
54.30 million10.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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
No data available
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology