, Australia ,  New Zealand ,  Dubai  and more. Region Western Punjab ,  Eastern Punjab Native speakers 104 million  (2000–2008) [1] Language family Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western [2] Punjabi Writing system Gurmukhi  in  India  and among the Indian Punjabi diaspora Shahmukhi  in  Pakistan  and among the Pakistani Punjabi diaspora [3] Official