Punjabi language

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Punjabi language is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and among large diaspora communities worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Hindi
surface form: Hindi language

Saraiki
surface form: Lahnda languages

Urdu language
country India
Pakistan
family Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasDialects Doabi dialect
Majhi dialect
Malwai dialect
Multani dialect
Pothohari dialect
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal language
ISO639-1Code pa
ISO639-2Code pan
ISO639-3Code pan
officialLanguageOf National Capital Territory of Delhi
surface form: Delhi, India

Haryana
surface form: Haryana, India

Punjab
surface form: Punjab, India
primaryScriptInIndia Gurmukhi
surface form: Gurmukhi script
primaryScriptInPakistan Perso-Arabic script
surface form: Shahmukhi script
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
region Punjab
surface form: Punjab region
religiousAssociation Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
scriptForSikhReligiousTexts Gurmukhi
surface form: Gurmukhi script
spokenBy Punjabi people
spokenIn Australia
Canada
Chandigarh
surface form: Chandigarh, India

National Capital Territory of Delhi
surface form: Delhi, India

Haryana
surface form: Haryana, India

Himachal Pradesh
surface form: Himachal Pradesh, India

New Zealand
Punjab
surface form: Punjab, India

Punjab
surface form: Punjab, Pakistan

United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
standardVariety Majhi dialect
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages
surface form: Indo-Iranian languages
usedIn Punjabi cinema
Punjabi literature
Punjabi music
writingDirection left-to-right in Gurmukhi
right-to-left in Shahmukhi
writingSystem Gurmukhi
surface form: Gurmukhi script

Perso-Arabic script
surface form: Shahmukhi script
writingSystemOrigin Gurmukhi derived from Landa scripts
Shahmukhi based on Perso-Arabic script

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Majha region language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
South Asian American languageUsed Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Shah Hussain languageOfWork Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Malwai Punjabi subdivisionOf Punjabi language
Guru Ram Das languageOfWorkOrName Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Amrit Sarovar etymologyFromLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Amritsar district officialLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Partition Museum language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Puran Singh languageOfWorkOrName Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Shreya Ghoshal languageOfWorkOrName Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Indo-Aryan cultural sphere includesModernLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Indian diaspora includesLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Punjab, Pakistan majorLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Bagri closelyRelatedTo Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
External Services Division languageOfBroadcast Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
naat khwani commonLanguages Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
southern Pakistan hasLanguage Punjabi language
subject surface form: Southern Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Amarjeet Sohi languageSpoken Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Hanumangarh district language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Rawalpindi District language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Kallar Kahar area languageSpoken Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Potohari Punjabi subclassOf Punjabi language
Potohari Punjabi closelyRelatedTo Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Standard Punjabi (Lahnda–Majhi continuum)
Chakwal majorLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Ḍogrī hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Northern Indo-Aryan languages includesLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Sohain codeSwitchingWith Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Standard Punjabi
Jhelumi codeSwitchingWith Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Standard Punjabi
Faiz languageOfExpression Punjabi language
subject surface form: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Pahari-Potohari usedAlongside Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Standard Punjabi
Pothohari closelyRelatedTo Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Standard Punjabi
Pothohari influencedBy Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Standard Punjabi
Mangla hasLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Potohari people alsoSpeak Punjabi language
Muslim American language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Chakwal Potohari typologicallySimilarTo Punjabi language
Rahim Yar Khan majorLanguage Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Nanak languageOfOrigin Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Nankana Sahib languageSpoken Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Talwandi languageSpoken Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Ik Onkar language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Nanakpanthi traditions languageOfScripture Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
SGGS language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Bhagat Bhatt poets language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Langar Hall languageOfTerm Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Akhand Path language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Kangha languageOfName Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Kara linguisticOrigin Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi
Kirpan etymologyFrom Punjabi language
Deg Teg Fateh language Punjabi language
this entity surface form: Punjabi