Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
oriya
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Odias
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available