Countries
Fiji, India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
119
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3341
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Doabi
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2130
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
260.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
120.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
हिन्दी
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
hindi
pendjabi
German Name
Hindi
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Punjabis
Origin
7th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
hi
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
pan
ISO 639 2/B
hin
pan
ISO 639 3
hin
pan
ISO 639 6
hins
panj
Glottocode
hind1269
panj1256
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional