1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic 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
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
چطور هستید?
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
شب بخیر
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
عصر بخیر
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
صبح به خیر
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
لطفا
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
متاسف
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
خدا حافظ
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
من شما را دوست دارم
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ببخشيد!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Pothohari
Western Persian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Afganistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million65.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million65.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Persisch
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
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
Old Persian and Middle Persian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Persian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
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
No data available
58-AAC-c
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