Countries
Nigeria
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Nigeria
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3241
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
gode ku
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
yaya dai
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Don Allah
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
yi hakuri
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
sai anjima
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ina son ku
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Ghana
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Niger
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
Doabi
Where They Speak
Niger
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
50.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2030
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
50.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
haoussa
pendjabi
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Punjabis
Origin
14
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Hausa
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
3423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ha
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
pan
ISO 639 2/B
hau
pan
ISO 639 3
hau
pan
ISO 639 6
hau
panj
Glottocode
haus1257
panj1256
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional