Language

Western Panjabi

Western Panjabi is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 20 countries.

New Testament

Scripture in Western Panjabi

The New Testament is reported in Western Panjabi.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Western Panjabi is spoken

  • Afghanistan
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Libya
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

See Western Panjabi on the language map

About Western Panjabi

Part of
Lahnda (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
pnb
Glottocode
west2386
Also known as
Punjabi, Western · Punjabi, Western: Khushabi

Dialects and varieties 7

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Western Panjabi as a whole.

  • DhanniNo known Scripture
  • JatkiNo known Scripture
  • Punjabi, Western: DoabiNo known Scripture
  • Punjabi, Western: MajhiNo known Scripture
  • Punjabi, Western: MalwaiNo known Scripture
  • Punjabi, Western: TaxilaNo known Scripture
  • ShahpuriNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.