Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5348
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Ke aal aee
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
dhanwaad
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
shub ratri
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
su prabat
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
kripya
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
changa ji pher
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Kullu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
308
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million4.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million2.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
pendjabi
dogri
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Dogri
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Dogras
Origin
1000 AD
1971
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Dogri
Language Position
2332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Dogri
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
doi
ISO 639 2/B
pan
doi
ISO 639 3
pan
doi
ISO 639 6
panj
doi
Glottocode
panj1256
indo1311
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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