Punjabi (پنجابی)
Punjabi (pa, pan) belongs to the Punjabi dialects and languages. Wikidata records about 125M speakers. It is written in Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi.
Expect text translated from English into Punjabi to grow by roughly 15–30%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 333,955 people aged 5+ speak Punjabi at home (Census ACS), and 130,218 of them (39%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Punjabi translators and interpreters.
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Rates for Punjabi translation
Punjabi falls in our south & southeast asian band: roughly $0.06–$0.14 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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