Countries
India, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
India
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5347
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4131
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Devanagari
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 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Surati
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
-
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
308
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million50.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
pendjabi
goudjrati
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Gujaratis
Origin
1000 AD
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Gujarati
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
guj
ISO 639 2/B
pan
guj
ISO 639 3
pan
guj
ISO 639 6
panj
guj
Glottocode
panj1256
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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