1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Salama!
3.2 Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Misaotra
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
azafady
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Miala tsiny
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Veloma!
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Azafady
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Pothohari
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Sakalava
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million18.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Fiteny Malagasy
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
standard Malagasy
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Not Available
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology