Countries
India, Pakistan
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Malta
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5330
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4124
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Ħello
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Grazzi
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kif int?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Skużani!
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Ċaw
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Qormi
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Malta
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Malta
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Not Present
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
-
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
302
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Malti
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Malti
French Name
pendjabi
maltais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Maltese
Origin
1000 AD
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Maltese
Language Position
2325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
pan
mlt
ISO 639 3
pan
mlt
ISO 639 6
panj
mlt
Glottocode
panj1256
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic