ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ!
say it: “sut shree ah-KAHL”
Punjabi
in its own words: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- Speakers
- 150 million (estimate)
- Family
- Indo-European – Indo-Aryan
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
- Script
- Gurmukhi
- Official language
- India (regional)
Fun fact
Punjabi is tonal: pitch distinguishes word meanings, which is rare among Indo-European languages.