Countries
India, Pakistan
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Japan
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Palau
Regulated By
-
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5399
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4114
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Hakata
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Kansai
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
kansai
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3031
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
日本語
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Nihongo
French Name
pendjabi
japonais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
1000 AD
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Japanese
Language Position
238
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Japanese
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
pan
jpn
ISO 639 3
pan
jpn
ISO 639 6
panj
jpn
Glottocode
panj1256
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic