Countries
India, Pakistan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Philippines
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Kablaaw
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
mangngegda
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Agpakawanak
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Pakada
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Balangao
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Not present
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Not present
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
302
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
ilokano
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
pendjabi
ilocano
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Ilocano people
Origin
1000 AD
18th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
2394
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
pan
ilo
ISO 639 3
pan
ilo
ISO 639 6
panj
ilo
Glottocode
panj1256
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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