Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available