Countries
India, Pakistan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4131
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Selam
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
i'bakwon
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
aznallehu
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
tschao
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Gondar
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Gondar
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Showa
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
305
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
pendjabi
amharique
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Amharas
Origin
1000 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Amharic
Language Position
2355
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Amharic
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
amh
ISO 639 2/B
pan
amh
ISO 639 3
pan
amh
ISO 639 6
panj
amh
Glottocode
panj1256
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional