Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
albanais
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic