Countries
India, Pakistan
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4116
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Kia ora
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Kia ora
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
gafare
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
gafare
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Saremde
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Taolende
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
308
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Mosse
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
pendjabi
moré
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Mossi
Origin
1000 AD
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Branch
Indic
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Mossi
Language Position
2337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
mos
ISO 639 2/B
pan
mos
ISO 639 3
pan
mos
ISO 639 6
panj
mos
Glottocode
panj1256
moss1236
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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