Countries
India, Pakistan
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Pakistan
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4132
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
sannu
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
gode ku
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
yaya dai
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
barka da rana
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
mai kyau safe
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Don Allah
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
yi hakuri
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
sai anjima
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Niger
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Niger
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
pendjabi
haoussa
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1000 AD
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Hausa
Language Position
2334
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Hausa
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
hau
ISO 639 2/B
pan
hau
ISO 639 3
pan
hau
ISO 639 6
panj
hau
Glottocode
panj1256
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional