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Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Punjabi people and native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. | |||
It has approximately 113 million native speakers. The larger part – 80.5 million as of 2017 – are in Pakistan, where Punjabi has more speakers than any other language but no official recognition at the national or provincial level. In India, Punjabi is spoken by 31.1 million people (as of 2011) and has official status in the state of Punjab. The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. | |||
Punjabi is | In India, Punjabi is written using the Gurmukhi script, while Shahmukhi is used in Pakistan. Punjabi is unusual among Indo-Aryan languages (and Indo-European languages more generally) in its use of lexical tone. | ||
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*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>pan</code> | |||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Panjabi" in Panjabi''): <code>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پنجابی</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Panjabi"''': <code>Eastern Panjabi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Punjabi</code> | |||
*'''The Panjabi language is spoken in''': <code>India</code> | |||
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Facts about Panjabi
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Punjabi people and native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.
It has approximately 113 million native speakers. The larger part – 80.5 million as of 2017 – are in Pakistan, where Punjabi has more speakers than any other language but no official recognition at the national or provincial level. In India, Punjabi is spoken by 31.1 million people (as of 2011) and has official status in the state of Punjab. The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
In India, Punjabi is written using the Gurmukhi script, while Shahmukhi is used in Pakistan. Punjabi is unusual among Indo-Aryan languages (and Indo-European languages more generally) in its use of lexical tone.
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
pan - Autonyms (how to write "Panjabi" in Panjabi):
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پنجابی - Other names for "Panjabi":
Eastern Panjabi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Punjabi - The Panjabi language is spoken in:
India
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language
Panjabi Dictionaries
• Punjabi-English dictionary, Punjabi University (Patiala, India) (+ audio)
• The Panjabi dictionary par Maya Singh (1895)
• Dictionary of the Jatki or Western Panjābi Language, by A. Jukes (1900)
• Grammar and dictionary of Western Panjabi, as spoken in the Shahpur district with proverbs, sayings and verses (1899)
• A dictionary of the Panjābī language, Lodiana Mission, Presbyterian Church (1854)
• A dictionary, English and Punjabee outlines of grammar, also dialogues, by Samuel Starkey (1849)
• Idiomatic sentences in English and Panjabi, Lodiana Mission, Presbyterian Church (1846)
• Panjabi made easy by J. S. Nagra (1988): I & II - III
Sources
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/panjabi_dictionary.htm