1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Hindi Language
1.10 Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Arabic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
خوش آمديد
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
سلام علیکم
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
براہ مہربانی
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
معاف کرنا
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
الوداع
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Asia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
104.00 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
61.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
43.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bihari
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Punjabi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
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
59-AAF-q
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology