1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.3 Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Ndiyabulela
2.5 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Unjani
2.7 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Ulale kakuhle
2.9 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Ubusuku obuhle
2.11 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
2.13 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Molo
2.15 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Ndicela
2.17 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Ndicela uxolo
2.19 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
2.20 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ndiyakuthanda
2.21 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Uxolo
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
South Africa
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
3.3 Dialect 3
3.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
South Africa
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
3.4 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
54.30 million11.00 million
0.01
400
4.3.2 Native Name
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
4.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not Available
4.5 Ethnicity
Punjabis
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
5.2.2 Branch
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
5.3.2 Standard Forms
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Xhosa
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology