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Finnish and Punjabi


Punjabi and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Estonia  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
13  
3
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
haluta  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Heippa  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

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

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

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

French Name
finnois  
pendjabi  

German Name
Finnisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1543  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Finnic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
22  
20
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
pan  

ISO 639 3
fin  
pan  

ISO 639 6
fin  
panj  

Glottocode
finn1318  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Finnish and Punjabi Speaking population

Finnish and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Punjabi on Finnish vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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