Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available