Countries
India, Pakistan
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Latvia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4124
9
60
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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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Sveiki
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Paldies
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Labdien
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Labrīt
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
lūdzu
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Piedodiet!
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Livonian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Lettish
French Name
pendjabi
letton
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Lettisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1000 AD
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Latvian
Language Position
239
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
lav
ISO 639 2/B
pan
lav
ISO 639 3
pan
lav
ISO 639 6
panj
lav
Glottocode
panj1256
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic