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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan
Nigeria

Second Language

Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Yoruba Academy

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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Hindi Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5329
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

912
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4117
9 60
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Scripts

Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
e dupe

How Are You?

ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
e kaasan

Good Morning

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
e kaaro

Please

ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Jowo

Sorry

ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
binu

Bye

ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye

I Love You

ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Pothohari
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Pakistan
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Saraiki
Ede

Where They Speak

Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Doabi
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Pakistan, Punjab, India
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

130,000,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3020
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

154.30 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.44 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

100.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

54.30 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

pendjabi
yoruba

German Name

Pandschabi-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

Not Availble
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Punjabis
Yoruba people

History

Origin

1000 AD
4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic

Branch

Indic
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Punjabi
Yorùbá

Language Position

2349
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pa
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pan
yor

ISO 639 2/B

pan
yor

ISO 639 3

pan
yor

ISO 639 6

panj
yor

Glottocode

panj1256
yoru1245

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

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Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Isolating

Punjabi and Yoruba Alphabets

Punjabi and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Punjabi and Yoruba. In Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Punjabi and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Punjabi and Yoruba languages. The Punjabi phonology consist Punjabi vowels and Punjabi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Punjabi greetings vs Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Punjabi and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

All Punjabi and Yoruba Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Punjabi and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Punjabi and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Punjabi are spoken in different Punjabi Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Punjabi vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari, Saraiki. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Punjabi and Yoruba Speaking population

Punjabi and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Punjabi and Yoruba on Punjabi vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Yoruba Language Codes

Punjabi and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Punjabi and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.