Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Second Language
Pakistan
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
915
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4117
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
hallo
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Dankie
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
goeie nag
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
goeie more
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
asseblief
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
jammer
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Totsiens
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Namibia
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Cape Dutch
French Name
pendjabi
afrikaans
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Afrikaners
Origin
1000 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2323
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
afr
ISO 639 2/B
pan
afr
ISO 639 3
pan
afr
ISO 639 6
panj
afrs
Glottocode
panj1256
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic