Eastern Punjabi (other)
Eastern Punjabi may refer to: *the standard form of the Punjabi language as used in India (rather than Pakistan) *the eastern Punjabi dialects spoken in both India and Pakistan See also * Eastern Punjab (other) * Western Punjabi (other) * Indian Punjabi (other) * Punjabi (other) Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

Punjabi Language
Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers as per the 2017 census, and the 11th most widely-spoken in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, as per the 2011 census. The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. 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. History Etymology The word ''Punjabi'' (sometimes spelled ''Panjabi'') has been derived from the word ''Panj-āb'', Persian for 'Five Waters', referring to the ...
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Punjabi Dialects
The Punjabi dialects and languages or Punjabic are a series of dialects and languages spoken in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India with varying degrees of official recognition. They have sometimes been referred to as ''Greater Punjabi''. The literary languages that have developed on the basis of dialects of this area are Standard Punjabi in eastern and central Punjab, Saraiki in the southwest, and Hindko and Pahari-Pothwari in the north and north-west. A distinction is usually made between Punjabi in the east and the diverse group of "Lahnda" in the west. "Lahnda" typically subsumes the Saraiki and Hindko varieties, with Jhangvi and Shahpuri intermediate between the two groups. Commonly recognised Eastern Punjabi dialects include Majhi (the standard), Doabi, Malwai, and Puadhi. The "Lahnda" variety of Khetrani in the far west may be intermediate between Saraiki and Sindhi. The varieties of "Greater Punjabi" have a number of characteristics in common, for example ...
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Eastern Punjab (other)
Eastern Punjab may refer to: * Punjab, India, mostly used in contexts where Western Punjab refers to Punjab of Pakistan * East Punjab, a former province of the dominion of India See also * Eastern Punjabi (other) Eastern Punjabi may refer to: *the standard form of the Punjabi language as used in India (rather than Pakistan) *the eastern Punjabi dialects spoken in both India and Pakistan See also * Eastern Punjab (other) * Western Punjabi (disambi ... * Western Punjab (other) {{geodis ...
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Western Punjabi (other)
Western Punjabi may refer to: *Lahnda, also known as "Western Punjabi", a linguistically defined group of Punjabi dialects and varieties primarily found in Western Punjab *the group of all the Punjabi varieties, whether Lahnda or not, that are spoken in Pakistan *the form of the standard Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ... in Pakistan (ISO 639-3: pnb) See also * Lahanda (other) * Western Punjab (other) * Eastern Punjabi (other) * Pakistani Punjabi (other) * Punjabi (other) {{Disambiguation ...
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Indian Punjabi (other)
Indian Punjabi may refer to: * Punjabis in India * the variety of the Punjabi language used in India See also * Eastern Punjabi (other) * Pakistani Punjabi (other) *Punjabi (other) Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...