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Italian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
grazie  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Per Favore  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
scusate  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
arrivederci  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Pakistan  

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

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

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

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
Italiano  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

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

French Name
italien  
pendjabi  

German Name
Italienisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
27  
25
23  
21

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
pan  

ISO 639 3
ita  
pan  

ISO 639 6
itas  
panj  

Glottocode
ital1282  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Italian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Punjabi language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Italian vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Italian vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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