Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Malaysia
Second Language
Pakistan
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4124
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Hai
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
terima kasih
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Selamat pagi
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
sila
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
maaf
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Maafkan saya
Dialects
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Pekal
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Musi
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3024
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
pendjabi
malais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Malaysian people
History
Origin
1000 AD
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2354
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
pa
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
msa
ISO 639 2/B
pan
may
ISO 639 3
pan
zsm
ISO 639 6
panj
may
Glottocode
panj1256
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative