Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
persan
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic