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Arabic vs Punjabi


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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
Arabic.jpg#200  
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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Arabic and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Punjabi language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Punjabi Language History.

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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.

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