Countries
India, Pakistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Pakistan
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
-
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Hindi Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Hallo
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
dankjewel
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
goedemorgen
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
sorry
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
vaarwel
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
pardon
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Gronings
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
307
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million22.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
pendjabi
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Dutch people
Origin
1000 AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Dutch
Language Position
2348
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
nld
ISO 639 2/B
pan
dut
ISO 639 3
pan
nld
ISO 639 6
panj
nld
Glottocode
panj1256
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic