Countries
India, Pakistan
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
slovène
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional