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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5352
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
916
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Devanagari
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 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Not present
Where They Speak
Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Not present
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
-
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
300
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
pendjabi
sanskrit
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
1000 AD
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Sanskrit
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
-
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
san
ISO 639 2/B
pan
san
ISO 639 3
pan
san
ISO 639 6
panj
san
Glottocode
panj1256
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic