Countries
India, Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5337
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4146
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Mhoro
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Masikati
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Mangwanani
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Ndineurombo
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Karanga
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
304
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
54.30 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
chiShona
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
pendjabi
shona
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Shona people
Origin
1000 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Shona
Language Position
23107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Shona
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
sna
ISO 639 2/B
pan
sna
ISO 639 3
pan
sna
ISO 639 6
panj
sna
Glottocode
panj1256
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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