Punjabi

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ‎ (Panjabi), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ‎ (Panjabi bhasa)

Main information

Family

Indo-European

Branch

Indo-Iranian

Group

Indo-arian

Indian

Northwestern zone

Native speakers

33 395 040

Status

Provincial

Region

Chandigarh state; Haryana state: Ambala and Pauchkula districts; Himachal Pradesh state: Kangra and Una districts; Jammu and Kashmir state: Jambu, Kathua, and Samba Jambu districts; Punjab state: Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts; Rajasthan state: north Ganganagar district.

Characteristic

SOV; postpositions; gender (masculine/feminine); no articles; case-marking (7 cases); verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject; passives; tense and aspect; 15 consonant and 24 vowel phonemes; tonal (3 tones: high, mid, low).

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