Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
Second Language
Pakistan
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5347
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4122
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
pranam
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Suprabhaat
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
kripaya
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
maf karai
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Alavidā
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
North India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Khortha
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3015
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
pendjabi
maithili
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Maithil
Origin
1000 AD
14th 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
Standard Maithili
Language Position
2340
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
mai
ISO 639 2/B
pan
mai
ISO 639 3
pan
mai
ISO 639 6
panj
mai
Glottocode
panj1256
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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