Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Czech Republic
  
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating