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Indonesian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
mohon Untuk  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
maaf  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
indonésien  
pendjabi  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
56  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
pan  

ISO 639 3
ind  
pan  

ISO 639 6
ind  
panj  

Glottocode
indo1316  
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  
Fusional  

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Indonesian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Punjabi language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Indonesian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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