Countries
India, Pakistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
-
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5324
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Habari
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Asante
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
tafadhali
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
pole
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
pendjabi
swahili
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1000 AD
6th 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
Swahili
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
swa
ISO 639 2/B
pan
swa
ISO 639 3
pan
swa
ISO 639 6
panj
swa
Glottocode
panj1256
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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