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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Sudan
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Levantine
Doabi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Arabic
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
panj1256
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Arabic and Punjabi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Punjabi language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Arabic vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Punjabi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.