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Punjabi also spelled as Panjabi is one of the Indo-Aryan language and the official language of Punjab state, and is widely spoken and written in all it’s neighboring and a few other states.
Globally, Punjabi language is spoken by more than 100 million people and is the 10th most spoken language in the world, with the majority of its speakers in India and Pakistan. Punjabi can be categorized as Western Punjabi and Eastern Punjabi. Western Punjabi broke up into Saraiki, Potwari, and Hindko. These came to be counted later almost as separate languages. Eastern Punjabi remained independently as what is Punjabi today.
Two scripts are used for Punjabi writing – Gurmukhi script is used in India by Sikhs and Hindus, whereas Shahmukhi script is largely used in Pakistan by Muslim Punjabi. Literature in the Punjabi language is published in India and Pakistan, and in many countries of Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia wherever Punjabi diaspora have settled in large numbers.
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