Countries
India, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
India
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
-
-
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5342
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
911
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4131
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Kosli
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
India
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
308
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
pendjabi
oriya
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Odias
Origin
1000 AD
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Odia
Language Position
2332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
ori
ISO 639 2/B
pan
ori
ISO 639 3
pan
ori
ISO 639 6
panj
ori
Glottocode
panj1256
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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