Countries
India, Pakistan
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4119
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Urakoze
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Mwaramutse
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Ndasubiza
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
N’agasaga
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Ha
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Shubi
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
306
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
pendjabi
rundi
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Kirundi
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1000 AD
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo 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
Kirundi
Language Position
2386
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
pa
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
run
ISO 639 2/B
pan
run
ISO 639 3
pan
run
ISO 639 6
panj
run
Glottocode
panj1256
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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