Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
آسف
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
arabe
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Arabs
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic