Countries
India, Pakistan
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Lettish
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
letton
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Punjabi and Latvian Speaking population
Punjabi and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Punjabi and Latvian on Punjabi vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Punjabi and Latvian Language Codes
Punjabi and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Punjabi and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.