Punjabi

Punjabi

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
125M speakers · Indo-European Indo-Iranian · Gurmukhi
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IndiaPakistan

Written in the other script. Uses SOV word order with fusional morphology. Notable features include tonal distinctions, 2 grammatical genders, 3 noun cases, a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.

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Official in 2 countries

IndiaPakistan

269,340 km²

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Typology

Word order SOV
Adjective before noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition postposition
Def. article no
Indef. article no
Pro-drop yes
Tonal yes
Gender yes
Noun cases yes
Ergative yes

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