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Marwari vs Punjabi


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Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Rajastan, India  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
khammaghani  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
kirpa  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
bye  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
India  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
India  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
India  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
22.00 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
Marwari  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
marvari  
pendjabi  

German Name
Marwari  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
16  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
72  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
pan  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
pan  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
panj  

Glottocode
raja1256  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Marwari and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Marwari vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Marwari and Punjabi language. History of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16 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 Marwari and Punjabi Language History.

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

Marwari vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Marwari vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marwari 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 Marwari and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marwari and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marwari is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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