Punjabi language

Punjabi (/pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/;[8] Shahmukhi: پن٘جابی, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Punjabi pronunciation: [pənˈdʒaːbːi]), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language that is natively spoken by the Punjabi people in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is the most spoken language in Pakistan and the 11th most spoken language in India.

Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پن٘جابی
'Punjabi' written in Shahmukhi script used in Punjab, Pakistan (top) and Gurmukhi script used in Punjab, India (bottom)
Pronunciation	Punjabi: [pənˈdʒaːbːi] English: /pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/
Native to	India and Pakistan
Region	Punjab
Ethnicity	Punjabis
Native speakers	113 million (2011–2017)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Indo-Aryan Punjabi
Dialects	See Punjabi dialects
Writing system	Shāhmukhī (in Pakistan) Gurmukhī (in India) Punjabi Braille Laṇḍā (historical) Takri (historical) Mahajani (historical)
Official status
Official language in	India Punjab (official)[2][3] Haryana (additional)[4] Delhi (additional)[5] West Bengal (additional, in blocks and divisions with more than 10% of the population)[6]
Regulated by	Department of Languages, Punjab, India[7] Punjab Institute of Language, Art, and Culture, Pakistan
Language codes
ISO 639-1	pa
ISO 639-2	pan
ISO 639-3	Either: pan – Panjabi pnb – Western Panjabi
Glottolog	panj1256  Eastern Panjabi west2386  Western Panjabi
Linguasphere	59-AAF-e
Punjabi speaking areas
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Punjabi is spoken by 80.5 million people in Pakistan (as of 2017). It is the most spoken language in Pakistan.

Punjabi is spoken by 31.1 million people (as of 2011^[update]) and has official status in the Indian state of Punjab. It is the 11th most spoken language in India.

The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Punjabi language has approximately 113 million native speakers.

In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Indic scripts. Punjabi is unusual among the Indo-Aryan languages and the broader Indo-European language family in its usage of lexical tone.