Eastern Punjabi language

Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پنجابی‬
'Punjabi' written in Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi script
Pronunciation	/pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/
Native to	Punjab region
Ethnicity	Punjabis
Native speakers	122 million, including Eastern and Western Punjabi variants. (2015)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Punjabi
Standard forms	Majhi
Dialects	See Punjabi dialects
Writing system	Gurmukhi Perso-Arabic (Shahmukhi) Punjabi Braille Laṇḍā (historical)
Official status
Official language in	Pakistan (Punjab) India (Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi )
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`pa`
ISO 639-2	`pan`
ISO 639-3	Either: – Eastern Punjabi – Western Punjabi
Glottolog	`panj1256` Punjabi
Linguasphere	`59-AAF-e`
Countries of the world where Punjabi is spoken 50,000,000 - 80,000,000 1,000,000 - 50,000,000 500,000 - 1,000,000 200,000 - 500,000 100,000 - 200,000 50,000 - 100,000 1,000 - 50,000
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Punjabi (/pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/;Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pañjābī; Shahmukhi: پنجابی‬ paṉjābī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over 100 million native speakers worldwide, ranking as the 10th most widely spoken language (2015) in the world. It is the native language of the Punjabi people, who associate with the historical Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Among Indo-European languages, it is unusual in having lexical tone.

Punjabi is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan, the 11th most widely spoken in India, and the third most-spoken native language in the Indian Subcontinent. Punjabi is the fourth most-spoken language in the United Kingdom, and the fifth most-spoken native language (after English, French, Mandarin and Cantonese) in Canada. It also has a significant presence in the United Arab Emirates, United States and Australia. The Punjab is one of the relatively few regions in the world with a situation of digraphia; Punjabi is written in both the Shahmukhi and the Gurmukhi scripts; the former mainly by Muslims, the latter mainly by Sikhs and Hindus.