Countries
India, Pakistan
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Pakistan
Indonesia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Halo
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Sugeng énjing
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
matur nuwun
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Arekan
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3016
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million82.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %1.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million82.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
pendjabi
javanais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
1000 AD
450 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Javanese
Language Position
2311
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
jav
ISO 639 2/B
pan
jav
ISO 639 3
pan
jav
ISO 639 6
panj
jav
Glottocode
panj1256
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative