Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
su prabat
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
kripya
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
4.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
dogri
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Dogras
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1971
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Dogri
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available