Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Georgia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Georgians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Southern
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Modern Georgian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic