Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Indonesia
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2441
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
terima kasih
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
sila
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
maaf
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
30,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Doabi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2430
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
malais
pendjabi
German Name
Malaiisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Punjabis
Origin
c. 683 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
5423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ms
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
pan
ISO 639 2/B
may
pan
ISO 639 3
zsm
pan
ISO 639 6
may
panj
Glottocode
stan1306
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional