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Hindi and Punjabi


Punjabi and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
हिन्दी  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
hindi  
pendjabi  

German Name
Hindi  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
5  
5
23  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
pan  

ISO 639 3
hin  
pan  

ISO 639 6
hins  
panj  

Glottocode
hind1269  
panj1256  

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

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Hindi and Punjabi Speaking population

Hindi and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Punjabi on Hindi vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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