Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5374
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
914
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4160
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
49
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
thov
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Nyob zoo
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
China
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
306
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million3.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Hmong
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Mong
French Name
pendjabi
hmong
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Hmong people
Origin
1000 AD
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Hmong
Language Position
2324
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
pan
hmn
ISO 639 3
pan
hmv
ISO 639 6
panj
hmn
Glottocode
panj1256
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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