Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic