Countries
India, Pakistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4129
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Silaw
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Sipas
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Bayanit bash
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bibûre
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Pakistan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
pendjabi
kurde
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Kurds
Origin
1000 AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Kurdish
Language Position
2314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
kur
ISO 639 2/B
pan
kur
ISO 639 3
pan
kur
ISO 639 6
panj
kur
Glottocode
panj1256
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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