Countries
India, Pakistan
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Salama!
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Misaotra
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Maraina tsara
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
azafady
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Miala tsiny
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Veloma!
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Merina
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
302
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.28 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
pendjabi
malgache
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Malagasy people
Origin
1000 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Branch
Indic
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2384
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
pan
mlg
ISO 639 3
pan
mlg
ISO 639 6
panj
mlg
Glottocode
panj1256
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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