Punjabi (language)

Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ • پنجابی
The word "Punjabi" written in Shahmukhi (Nast'aliq style), Gurmukhi
Pronunciation	/pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/
Native to	Punjab region
Ethnicity	Punjabis
Native speakers	100 million, including Lahnda variants (2010)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Greater Punjabi Punjabi
Standard forms	Majhi
Dialects	See Punjabi dialects
Writing system	Gurmukhi Perso-Arabic (Shahmukhi) Punjabi Braille
Official status
Official language in	India (Punjab)  Pakistan
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/;Shahmukhi: پنجابی paṉjābī; Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pañjābī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over 100 million native speakers worldwide, making it the 10th most widely spoken language (2015) in the world. It is the native language of the Punjabi people who inhabit the historical Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Among the Indo-European languages it is unusual in being a tonal language.

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 third-most spoken native language (after English and French) in Canada. The language also has a significant presence in the United Arab Emirates, United States, Canada, and Australia. The Punjabi language is written in the Shahmukhi and Gurmukhi scripts, making it one of the relatively few languages written in more than one script.