Countries
India, Pakistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Zambia
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Moni
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Zikomo
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Chonde
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
pepani
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
305
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
pendjabi
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Chewa people
Origin
1000 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Chewa
Language Position
2327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
nya
ISO 639 2/B
pan
nya
ISO 639 3
pan
nya
ISO 639 6
panj
nya
Glottocode
panj1256
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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