Countries
India, Pakistan
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
mongol
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available