Countries
India, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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)
Henda ho
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Boge Setak’
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
দয়া করে
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
দুঃখিত
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Hariau
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Mahali
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Not present
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
-
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
301
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
pendjabi
santal
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1000 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Santali
Language Position
2341
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Santali Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
sat
ISO 639 2/B
pan
sat
ISO 639 3
pan
sat
ISO 639 6
panj
sat
Glottocode
panj1256
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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