Countries
India, Pakistan
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4126
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Solpayki
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Allillanchu
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Allin tuta
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Wuynus diyas
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
jamuspa
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Pampachaykuway
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Ancash
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Peru
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Peru
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Yaru
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Peru
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3010
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
pendjabi
quechua
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Quechua
Origin
1000 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Quechua
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Quechua
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
que
ISO 639 2/B
pan
que
ISO 639 3
pan
que
ISO 639 6
panj
que
Glottocode
panj1256
quec1387
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic