Countries
India, Pakistan
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Nigeria
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
-
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5336
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4128
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
kedụ
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
dalụ
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Biko
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Ndo
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Kachifo
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Enuani
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Not present
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
-
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
igbo
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Ibo
French Name
pendjabi
igbo
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Igbo people
Origin
1000 AD
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Igbo
Language Position
2357
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
pan
ibo
ISO 639 3
pan
ibo
ISO 639 6
panj
ibo
Glottocode
panj1256
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative