Countries
India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Old German Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
169
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3641
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Not present
Pothohari
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Saraiki
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Doabi
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
140,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
030
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
14.10 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
sanskrit
pendjabi
German Name
Sanskrit
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Punjabis
Origin
2000 B.C.
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
sa
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
pan
ISO 639 2/B
san
pan
ISO 639 3
san
pan
ISO 639 6
san
panj
Glottocode
sans1269
panj1256
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
Synthetic
Fusional