Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
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.
  
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
82.00 million
  
19
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
javanais
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Javanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
java1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative