Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Second Language
Pakistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5357
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4150
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Sawubona
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
unjani
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
304
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
pendjabi
zoulou
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Zulu people
Origin
1000 AD
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Deep Zulu
Language Position
2387
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
zul
ISO 639 2/B
pan
zul
ISO 639 3
pan
zul
ISO 639 6
panj
zul
Glottocode
panj1256
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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