1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
1.8 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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
कृपया
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Nepal
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
54.30 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Nepali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Punjabis
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Not Available
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology