Countries
Fiji, India
India, Pakistan
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
Not Available
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 in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Marwari
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Origin
7th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
hins
Not Available
Glottocode
hind1269
panj1256
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Hindi 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 Hindi and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Punjabi language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Hindi vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.