1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
1.8 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA60,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million1,051.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million873.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
54.30 million178.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating