Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
1
14
National Language
India, Pakistan
Norway
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Not Available
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
53
32
29
11
Phonology
How Many Vowels
9
6
9
6
How Many Consonants
41
30
20
10
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
4
3
4
3
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks
3
24 weeks
6
Greetings
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
hallo
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
takk
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
god natt
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
god morgen
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Vær så snill
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
unnskyld
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
ha det
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
unnskyld meg
Dialects
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
22
30,000.00
99+
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Sogn
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
5
Not Available
Dialect 3
Doabi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Hallingdal, Valdres
Total No. Of Dialects
30
24
19
17
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
12
5.00 million
99+
Speaking Population
1.44 %
11
Not Available
Native Speakers
100.00 million
11
5.00 million
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
12
Not Available
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Norsk
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Norsk
French Name
pendjabi
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Norwegians
History
Origin
1000 AD
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Not Available
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
pa
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
nor
ISO 639 2/B
pan
nor
ISO 639 3
pan
nor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
panj1256
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
