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Malaysian and Punjabi


Punjabi and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

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

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Musi   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
malais   
pendjabi   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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All Malaysian and Punjabi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Punjabi Speaking population

Malaysian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Punjabi on Malaysian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Punjabi Language Codes

Malaysian and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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