Countries
India, Pakistan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Pakistan
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Armenian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4117
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Greece
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Griko
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Italy
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3025
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
pendjabi
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
1000 AD
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Hellenic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Greek
Language Position
2374
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
ell
ISO 639 2/B
pan
gre
ISO 639 3
pan
ell
ISO 639 6
panj
ells
Glottocode
panj1256
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic