Countries
India, Pakistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5334
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
910
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
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
akkam
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Maaloo
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
naa dhiisi
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Borana
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Orma
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Kenya
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Wata
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3017
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
pendjabi
galla
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Oromos
Origin
1000 AD
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
2391
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
orm
ISO 639 2/B
pan
orm
ISO 639 3
pan
orm
ISO 639 6
panj
orm
Glottocode
panj1256
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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