Countries
India, Pakistan
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Indonesia
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
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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4116
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin, Sundanese
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 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Halo
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Nuhun
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Mangga
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Hapunten
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Punten
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Banten
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Bogor
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Bandung
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
306
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
pendjabi
soundanais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1000 AD
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Sundanese
Language Position
2342
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
sun
ISO 639 2/B
pan
sun
ISO 639 3
pan
sun
ISO 639 6
panj
sun
Glottocode
panj1256
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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