Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Babay
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available