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PAN ISO 639-3

Punjabi, Eastern

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ‎ (Panjabi), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ‎ (Panjabi bhasa) Autonym

A language of India

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Eastern Panjabi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ‎ (Panjabi), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ‎ (Panjabi bhasa)
34,700,000 in India, all users. L1 users: 31,100,000 in India (2011 census). L2 users: 3,600,000 (2011 census). Total users in all countries: 52,233,570 (as L1: 48,633,570; as L2: 3,600,000).
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.
2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Punjab, West Bengal states; union territories Delhi, Chandigarh (1950, Constitution, Schedule VIII).
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Panjabi
Punjabi Proper (Panjabi Proper), Majhi, Doabi, Bhatiani (Bhatneri, Bhatti, Bhatyiana), Powadhi (Puadhi, Puadi), Malwai (Malwa), Bathi. Western Punjabi [pnb] is distinct from Eastern Punjabi, although there is a chain of dialects to Western Hindi (Urdu) [urd]. Bhatyiana dialect considered a mixture of Punjabi and Marwari [mve]. Majhi considered the purest Punjabi form (Grierson and Konow 1903–1928).
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).
Used as L2 by Bauria [bge], Bazigar [bfr], Bhattiyali [bht], Bilaspuri [kfs], Chambeali [cdh], Churahi [cdj], Dogri [dgo], Kangri [xnr], Mandeali [mjl], Sansi [ssi].
Taught in primary and secondary schools. Literature. Radio. Grammar. Bible: 1959–2017.
OLAC resources in and about Punjabi, Eastern
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Gurmukhi script [Guru], primary usage. Khojki script [Khoj].
Associated with Sikhs. Different from Majhi [mjz] in India and Nepal. Sikh, Muslim.
Punjabi, Eastern
214,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
132,000 in Australia (2016 census).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
23,700 in Bangladesh (2000).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
502,000 in Canada (2016 census). Includes both Eastern and Western Punjabi [pnb].
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
9,000 in Fiji (2019).
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
224,000 in United Kingdom (2011 census). All Punjabi speakers: 273,000 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 471,000 (2004).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
35,900 in Iran (2019).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
70,000 in Japan (Leclerc 2020b).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
65,000 in Kenya (2020 Joshua Project), increasing. , based on ethnicity.
Nairobi.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous. Most came to Kenya to build the railroad in early 20th century. Sikh, Hindu, Muslim.
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Punjabi, Eastern
25,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
56,400 in Malaysia (Salleh 2006).
Western Peninsular.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
19,800 in New Zealand (2013 census).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
39,300 in Oman (2020).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
15,000,000 in Pakistan (2017 census).
Punjab province: Bahawalnagar, Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh, and Vehari districts.
Doabi, Malwai (Malwa). A continuum of related varieties between Eastern Punjabi in India and Western Punjabi [pnb] in Pakistan. Lexical similarity: 70%–85% with Western Punjabi [pnb].
5 (Dispersed)
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Punjabi, Eastern
795,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018). , based on ethnicity.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
5,670 in Singapore (2010 census). Ethnic population: 25,000 (2018 J. Leclerc).
Scattered.
6b (Threatened)
Non-indigenous. Sikh.
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Punjabi, Eastern
62,000 in Thailand (Leclerc 2019a). , based on ethnicity.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Punjabi, Eastern
254,000 in United States (2015 census). United States census doesn’t distinguish between Eastern Punjabi [pan], and Western Punjabi [pnb].
Scattered.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Location: 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.