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Japanese vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Japan   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
14   
4
41   
30

Scripts
Kana   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
日本語   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
japonais   
pendjabi   

German Name
Japanisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
1185   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
pan   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Japanese and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Punjabi language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Punjabi Language History.

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

Japanese vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Japanese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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