BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
101 / 101Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀAt BFSU, Punjabi is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
India, United Kingdom, Canada
- NATIVE NAME
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Gurmukhi script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Punjabi connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Punjabi is spoken across 3 countries and territories.
No. 26 of 101 languages · No. 53 by territory count
Europe
01United Kingdom
South Asia
01India
The Americas
01Canada
From daily conversation in India, United Kingdom, and Canada to education, literature and media, Punjabi carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Punjabi within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Gurmukhi script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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