Punjabi (English spelling)

Japanese: Punjābī(英語表記)Punjabi
Punjabi (English spelling)

...There is a considerable movement of population from rural to urban areas, and within urban areas, the expansion of large and medium-sized cities with populations of over 100,000 is noticeable. The 15 major languages ​​listed in the Constitution are Assamese (Assamī), Bengali (Bengali), Gujarati (Gujarati), Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri (Kashmiri), Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi (Punjabi), Sanskrit, Sindhi (Sindhi), Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, but a 1992 amendment to the Constitution added Konkan, Manipuri, and Nepali. Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu are of the Dravidian family, Manipuri is of the Sino-Tibetan family, and the rest are of the Indo-Aryan family.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Punjābī" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…農村部から都市部への人口移動はかなり多く,また都市部のなかでは人口10万人以上の大・中都市の膨張が目だっている。 主要な言語として憲法にあげられたのはアッサム語(アッサミー)Assamī,ベンガル語(ベンガリー),グジャラート語(グジャラーティー)Gujarātī,ヒンディー語,カンナダ語Kannada,カシミール語(カシミーリー)Kashmīrī,マラヤーラム語Malayālam,マラーティー語,オリヤー語Oriyā,パンジャーブ語(パンジャービー)Punjābī,サンスクリット語,シンド語(シンディー)Sindhī,タミル語,テルグ語,ウルドゥー語の15であったが,92年の改憲によってこれにコンカン語,マニプル語,ネパール語が加わった。カンナダ,マラヤーラム,タミル,テルグの4語がドラビダ系(ドラビダ語族)に属し,マニプル語はシナ・チベット系に,他はインド・アーリヤ系(インド・ヨーロッパ語族)に属している。…

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