Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India, Pakistan
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- 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
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Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
thov
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
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ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Laos
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Saraiki
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Hmong
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Mong
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
hmong
pendjabi
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Punjabis
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Hmong
Modern Punjabi
Signed Forms
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Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
No data available
pa
ISO 639 2/T
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pan
ISO 639 2/B
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pan
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
firs1234
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Hmong 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 Hmong and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Punjabi language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Hmong vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong 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 Hmong and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.