Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Nepal
Second Language
Pakistan
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
-
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5348
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
कृपया
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Doteli
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Nepal
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3012
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
pendjabi
népalais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
1000 AD
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Nepali
Language Position
2359
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
nep
ISO 639 2/B
pan
nep
ISO 639 3
pan
npi
ISO 639 6
panj
nep
Glottocode
panj1256
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative