Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Prosim
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Not available
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
slovène
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
972-1093
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional