Countries
India, Pakistan
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Pakistan
Haiti
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Hindi Language
French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Bonjou
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Mèsi
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Bon apre-midi
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Souple
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Dezole
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Babay
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Cayes
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
pendjabi
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Haitians
Origin
1000 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Haitian Creole
Language Position
2399
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
hat
ISO 639 2/B
pan
hat
ISO 639 3
pan
hat
ISO 639 6
panj
hat
Glottocode
panj1256
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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