Countries
India, Pakistan
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Sweden
Second Language
Pakistan
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
hej
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
tacka dig
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
hur mår du
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
godnatt
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
god morgon
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
vänligen
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
ledsen
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
hej då
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Dialects
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Gabon
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Dialects
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Georgia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Dialects
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
France
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3079
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Svenska
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
pendjabi
suédois
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
1000 AD
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Swedish
Language Position
2389
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
swe
ISO 639 2/B
pan
swe
ISO 639 3
pan
swe
ISO 639 6
panj
swe
Glottocode
panj1256
swed1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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