Countries
India, Pakistan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Philippines
Second Language
Pakistan
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4116
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Hoy
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Salamat
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Maayong Buntag
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Palihug
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Babay
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Boholano
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bohol
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
North Kana
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
304
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Visayan
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
pendjabi
cebuano
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Cebuano people
Origin
1000 AD
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
2362
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
pan
ceb
ISO 639 3
pan
ceb
ISO 639 6
panj
ceb
Glottocode
panj1256
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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