Countries
India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5354
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
918
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Vedda
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
-
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
301
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million16.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
pendjabi
singhalais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Sinhalese people
Origin
1000 AD
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
2370
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
sin
ISO 639 2/B
pan
sin
ISO 639 3
pan
sin
ISO 639 6
panj
sin
Glottocode
panj1256
sinh1246
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
Fusional