Language code: pa

Technical information about ISO 639 language code pa

Technical information about pa language code (Panjabi) is available below.

ISO code

pa

Language

Official

Panjabi

Native

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Panjabi, also known as Punjabi, belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically the Indo-Aryan subgroup. It is one of the official languages of the state of Punjab in India and is also spoken by Punjabi communities in Haryana, Delhi, and West Bengal in India, and in parts of Pakistan. It is primarily written using the Gurmukhi script, and the Shahmukhi script is used in Pakistan. It is estimated that there are more than 110 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Panjabi speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

pa-Arab Panjabi (Arabic)

pa-Arab-PK Panjabi (Arabic, Pakistan)

pa-Guru Panjabi (Gurmukhi)

pa-Guru-IN Panjabi (Gurmukhi, India)

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