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Learn Punjabi (Indian)

This is the language spoken in the Indian state of Punjab and is one of the 22 official languages of India. Punjabi uses different tones - high, mid and low - as well as stresses, both of which can differentiate between otherwise identical words. Indian Punjabi also uses many Hindi and English loanwords - like the English word ‘bus’ in the audio clip below. There is some mutual intelligibility with Pakistani Punjabi but interestingly they both use different scripts.

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Where is it spoken?

India

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34,000,000

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Indo-European

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Indo-Aryan

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Fun facts — Punjabi (Indian)

  • One common Punjabi saying is 'Wife and food, one should never speak ill of these two'.
  • Punjabi is the language of the popular Bhangra folk dance and singing.
  • The script used to write Indian Punjabi is Gurmukhi, which means 'from the mouth of the Guru'.
  • The name comes from the Persian for ‘five’ (panj) and ‘water’ (ab), referring to the five tributaries of the Punjab region.

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