The Punjabi language, written in the Gurmukhi script, is the only official and most commonly used language in the state. The language is now popular across India and the wider world due to large scale migration of Punjabis and the rich Punjabi music.Punjabi has always been an integral part of Indian Bollywood cinema. In recent years a trend of Bollywood songs written totally in Punjabi can be observed. Punjabi is also the most spoken language in Pakistan and is the provincial language of Punjab (Pakistan), the second largest and the most populous province of Pakistan.
Apart from India and Pakistan, Punjabi is the second most spoken language in England and fourth most spoken language in Canada according to official census.Among the world languages, Punjabi is the 11th most spoken language in the world. The major dialects of Punjabi spoken in Punjab are Majhi, Malwi, Pwadhi and Doabi.
Other languages common in Punjab are Hindi, English, Urdu (mainly in Malerkotla) and Bihari languages.
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