Countries
India, Pakistan
  
West Java
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Banten
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Bogor
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
38.00 million
  
26
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
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Sundanese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available