Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Old German Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional