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Dutch vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
South Africa  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
sorry  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
vaarwel  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
Nederlands  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
pendjabi  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
48  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
pan  

ISO 639 3
nld  
pan  

ISO 639 6
nld  
panj  

Glottocode
mode1257  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Dutch and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Punjabi language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Punjabi Language History.

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Dutch 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 Dutch and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Punjabi language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Dutch vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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