Punjabi Translation & Interpretation Services
Punjabi language
Providing Professional Translation, Interpretation, and Localization services in Punjabi and more than 300 other languages and dialects.
Autonym(s)
Punjabi, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Number of Speakers
Native Speakers: 150 million
Geographic Distribution
India, Pakistan (Punjab Region)
Official or Recognized Status
India
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan
Features
Punjabi is known for its distinctive sound system, including phonemic tone, meaning pitch can change word meaning. Its grammar is highly inflected, with verbs marking tense, aspect, mood, and agreement, and it exhibits a split-ergative pattern in certain past-tense constructions. Punjabi primarily uses postpositions (rather than prepositions) and allows fairly flexible word order, as grammatical relationships are carried by inflection; auxiliaries and particles add emphasis and aspectual nuance. Most vocabulary comes from Indo-Aryan roots, with major borrowing from Persian and Arabic (more prominent in Pakistani Punjabi) and additional influence from Sanskrit/Hindi and English (more prominent in Indian Punjabi). The two national varieties are mutually intelligible, with the main differences showing up in vocabulary, register, and stylistic preference rather than core grammar.
Dialects
Punjabi encompasses a broad range of regional dialects spoken across Pakistan and India, commonly grouped into Western (Pakistani) and Eastern (Indian) Punjabi varieties. Major dialects include Majhi (often considered the prestige or standard variety), Doabi, Malwai, and Pwadhi in India, and Pothohari, Jhangochi, Shahpuri, and Hindko-adjacent varieties in Pakistan. These dialects differ mainly in pronunciation, vocabulary, and certain grammatical preferences, while remaining largely mutually intelligible, especially in everyday communication; Standard Punjabi used in education and media is based mainly on Majhi.
Writing System
Gurmukhī script (India), Shāhmukhī script (Pakistan, based on the Perso-Arabic alphabet)
U.S. Distribution
In the U.S., Punjabi is widely spoken among South Asian immigrant communities, particularly those from India and Pakistan. The largest concentrations of Punjabi speakers are found in California (especially the Central Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area), New York–New Jersey, Texas, Washington State, and Illinois, with growing communities in Virginia and Georgia. Punjabi is commonly used in homes, religious institutions such as gurdwaras and mosques, community organizations, and ethnic media, while English dominates public life. Demand for Punjabi-language access is robust across healthcare, education, legal services, and community outreach.
At Latitude Prime, we provide Punjabi translation, Punjabi interpretation, and Punjabi localization services across various specialized subject areas and multiple dialects. Whether you need to translate educational degrees and transcripts from Punjabi to English, need a Punjabi interpreter for a site visit at a factory in Lahore, Pakistan, or want to localize your website into Punjabi to market your products or services in both Pakistan and India (requiring two different versions due to the use of different scripts between Western and Eastern Punjabi), Latitude Prime has the customized language solution to meet all your Punjabi language needs.
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