Countries
India, Pakistan
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Bulgaria
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3058
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Balgarski
French Name
pendjabi
bulgare
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Bulgarian people
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Indic
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
2388
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
bul
ISO 639 2/B
pan
bul
ISO 639 3
pan
bul
ISO 639 6
panj
buls
Glottocode
panj1256
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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