Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Second Language
Pakistan
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
910
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4143
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
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Molo
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Unjani
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Molo
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Ndicela
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Pakistan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Thembu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
309
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.44 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
100.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
pendjabi
xhosa
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1000 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
isiXhosa
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Xhosa
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
xho
ISO 639 2/B
pan
xho
ISO 639 3
pan
xho
ISO 639 6
panj
xho
Glottocode
panj1256
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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