Punjabi language
Punjabi is a language. It is mainly spoken in the state of Punjab, both the Republic of India and Pakistan. Punjabi is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Himachal Pardesh and New Delhi in Hindustan is actually called Doabi, a person coming from there are called Doabis. Punjabi developed from the ancient language of Sanskrit just like many other modern northern Indian Languages like Hindi. Punjabi is spoken by as many as 100 million people, meaning that it is one of the top ten languages in the world by number of speakers.
Punjabi is written in two different scripts, called Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi. They are both very different from the English words you are reading. The word Punjabi looks like ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhi and پنجابی in Shahmukhi.
Here are a few simple Punjabi words:
Dark Green: Mother Tongue, primary language
Lime Green: Less than 5%
Light Yellow: About 2%
Yellowish Brown: Less than 1%
| English | Punjabi (Shahmukhi / Gurmukhi) | |||
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| Hello | Salaam-o-Alaikum / Sat Sri Akal | |||
| Welcome | Jee Aaya Nu Aajo Ji |
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| My name is ... | Mera naam..........hai | |||
| What is your name? | tohada naam kee hai? | |||
| Thanks | Shukria / tanvaad | |||
| Please | Kirpa karke | |||
| God | Rab Khuda Vaheguru Bhagwan |
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| Okay | Aacha | |||
| How are you? | Kee hal hai ? |
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| Yes | Hun ji | |||
| No | Nay ji | |||
| Tell more | Haur dass? | |||
| monkey | bander | |||
| dog | kutta | |||
| home | kar | |||
| come | aa ja | |||
| Go | ja | |||
| sit | baith | -I
Main love= pyaar (to)you= tenu do = karda (when it's a male saying) Kardi (when a female is saying) altogether I Love You is said as- Main tenu pyaar karda/di |
speak | bol |
| you eat | kha | |||
| listen | sun | |||
| laugh | hus | |||
| happy | khush | |||
| inside | unda | |||
| after | baad |
