Punjabi is a intercontinental language. Its speakers are spread all over the world. The natives of Punjab region of India and Pakistan speak this language. Basically the Punjabi is the language of Punjab. Punjabi is a language of the Indian Subcontinent spoken by Muslims in Pakistan who write it in the Arabic script , and the Sikhs and Hindus of Punjab who write it in the Gurumukhi (language of the Gurus) script . Punjabis also probably constitute the largest group amongst subcontinent immigrants to Britain and Canada. When we say Punjabi here we take it to mean the Gurumukhi script.

PUNJABI
25,690,000 in India (1994 IMA); 43,000 in Malaysia (1993); 10,000 in Kenya (1995); 9,677 in Bangladesh (1961 census); 1,167 in Fiji ; 25,700,000 in all countries. Punjab , Haryana, Delhi , Rajasthan , Jammu and Kashmir . Also in United Arab Emirates, Singapore , United Kingdom . Gurmukhi script.

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God is beautiful, tranquil and merciful, he is the treasure of absolute peace, my husband lord. Meeting with God, the Ocean of Peace, O Nanak, this soul becomes happy. One finds God, the Ocean of Peace, when destiny is activated. Abandoning the distinctions of honor and dishonor, grasp the feet of the lord. Renounce cleverness and trickery, and forsake your evil-minded intellect. O Nanak, seek the sanctuary of the sovereign lord, your king, and your marriage will be permanent and stable. Why forsake God, and attach yourself to another? Without the lord, you cannot even live. The ignorant fool does not feel any shame, the evil man wanders around deluded. God is the purifier of sinners, if he forsakes God, tell me, where he can find a place of rest? O Nanak, by loving devotional worship of the merciful lord, he attains the state of eternal life.