Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
litovat
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Czechs
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Czech
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic