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Punjabi

Nepali
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Countries

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

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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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

3012
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

154.30 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.44 %0.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

100.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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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

History

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

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Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

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
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Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Agglutinative

Punjabi and Nepali Alphabets

Punjabi and Nepali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Punjabi and Nepali. In Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Punjabi and Nepali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Punjabi and Nepali languages. The Punjabi phonology consist Punjabi vowels and Punjabi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Punjabi greetings vs Nepali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Punjabi and Nepali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Punjabi and Nepali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Punjabi and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Punjabi and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Punjabi are spoken in different Punjabi Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Punjabi vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari, Saraiki. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Punjabi and Nepali Speaking population

Punjabi and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Punjabi and Nepali on Punjabi vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Nepali Language Codes

Punjabi and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Punjabi and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.