Countries
India, Pakistan
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Myanmar
Second Language
Pakistan
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4133
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Intha
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Burma
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
305
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
pendjabi
birman
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Bamar people
Origin
1000 AD
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Burmese
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Burmese sign language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
mya
ISO 639 2/B
pan
bur
ISO 639 3
pan
mya
ISO 639 6
panj
mya
Glottocode
panj1256
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating