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Croatian and Punjabi


Punjabi and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
bok  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
hvala  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
kako si  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
laku noć  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
molim  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Doviđenja  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

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

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
hrvatski  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
croate  
pendjabi  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
9th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
pan  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
pan  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
panj  

Glottocode
croa1245  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Croatian 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 Croatian and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Punjabi Speaking population

Croatian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Punjabi on Croatian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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