Countries
India, Pakistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Abkhazia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5362
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
92
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4160
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
амритана
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Амарахь
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
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Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Turkey
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
pendjabi
abkhaze
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Abkhaz people
Origin
1000 AD
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Abkhaz
Language Position
2328
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
abk
ISO 639 2/B
pan
abk
ISO 639 3
pan
abk
ISO 639 6
panj
abks
Glottocode
panj1256
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative