Countries
India, Pakistan
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
New Zealand
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5320
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4110
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Hello
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Night pai
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Morning pai
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Tēnā
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Aroha mai
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
poroporoaki
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Pothohari
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Pakistan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
New Zealand Maori
French Name
pendjabi
maori
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Māori people
Origin
1000 AD
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Polynesian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Maori
Language Position
2326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Maori Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
mri
ISO 639 2/B
pan
mao
ISO 639 3
pan
mri
ISO 639 6
panj
mri
Glottocode
panj1256
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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