Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
birman
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating