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Arabic and Punjabi


Punjabi and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
28  
18
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
من فضلك  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
آسف  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
وداعا  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
أحبك  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
arabe  
pendjabi  

German Name
Arabisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
25  
23
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
pan  

ISO 639 3
ara  
pan  

ISO 639 6
ara  
panj  

Glottocode
arab1395  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Arabic and Punjabi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Punjabi Speaking population

Arabic and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Punjabi on Arabic vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Punjabi Language Codes

Arabic and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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