Punjabi

Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhi script and پنجابی in Shahmukhi/Perso-Arabic script) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region (north western India and in north eastern Pakistan). For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most spoken language.

According to the Ethnologue 2005 estimate,there are 88 million native speakers of the Punjabi language, which makes it approximately the 12th most widely spoken language in the world.