Countries
India, Pakistan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Total No. Of Countries
232
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
France
Second Language
Pakistan
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
-
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
bonjour
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Merci
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Bonjour
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
désolé
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
au revoir
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Pakistan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.006,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
African French
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Africa
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.001,800,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3025
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %1.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million87.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
français
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Français
French Name
pendjabi
français
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
French people
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard French
Language Position
2313
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
fr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
fra
ISO 639 2/B
pan
fre
ISO 639 3
pan
fra
ISO 639 6
panj
fras
Glottocode
panj1256
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic