Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Pakistan
Second Language
Pakistan
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
Regulated By
-
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5352
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
910
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4140
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
معاف کرنا
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
الوداع
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
South Asia
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Bihari
French Name
pendjabi
ourdou
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Urdu
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
1000 AD
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
2320
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Urdu
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
urd
ISO 639 2/B
pan
urd
ISO 639 3
pan
urd
ISO 639 6
panj
urd
Glottocode
panj1256
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional