Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Israel
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic