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
-
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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
👆🏻
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
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3020
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating