Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Pakistan
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
924
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4123
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Wu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Yue
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
pendjabi
chinois
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Han
Origin
1000 AD
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Chinese
Language Position
231
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
zho
ISO 639 2/B
pan
chi
ISO 639 3
pan
zho
ISO 639 6
panj
zho
Glottocode
panj1256
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating