Editing Punjabi language (section)

=== Punjabi diaspora ===
{{See also|Punjabi diaspora}}

Punjabi is also spoken as a [[minority language]] in several other countries where [[Punjabi people]] have emigrated in large numbers, such as the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.<ref name="The Times of India-2008">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Punjabi_is_Canadas_2nd_most_top_language/articleshow/2782138.cms |work=The Times of India |title=Punjabi is 4th most spoken language in Canada |date=14 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114140743/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Punjabi_is_Canadas_2nd_most_top_language/articleshow/2782138.cms |archive-date=14 November 2016 }}</ref>

There were 670,000 native Punjabi speakers in Canada in 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=9 February 2022 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country] - Mother tongue |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm |access-date=11 September 2022 |website=Statistics Canada |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620062958/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> 300,000 [[Languages of the United Kingdom|in the United Kingdom]] in 2011,<ref>273,000 in England and Wales, and 23,000 in Scotland:
*{{Cite web|title = 2011 Census: Quick Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011|url = https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/2011censusquickstatisticsforenglandandwales/2013-01-30#tab-Main-language|access-date = 24 March 2021|archive-date = 24 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114917/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/STB-2011-census--quick-statistics-for-england-and-wales--march-2011.html#tab-Main-language|url-status = live}}
*{{cite web| title = Table AT_002_2011 – Language used at home other than English (detailed), Scotland| url = https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/additional_tables/AT_002_2011.xls| access-date = 24 March 2021| archive-date = 5 March 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210305105638/https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/additional_tables/AT_002_2011.xls| url-status = dead}}</ref> 280,000 in the United States<ref>{{cite news|title=US survey puts Punjabi speakers in US at 2.8 lakh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/us-survey-puts-punjabi-speakers-in-us-at-2-8-lakh/articleshow/62121520.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 August 2020|date=18 December 2017|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422124317/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/us-survey-puts-punjabi-speakers-in-us-at-2-8-lakh/articleshow/62121520.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> and smaller numbers in other countries.