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Punjabi and Chinese


Chinese and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
India, Pakistan  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
24  
19

How Many Consonants
41  
30
23  
13

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
26
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00  
3
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
12
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
17
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
pendjabi  
chinois  

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Availble  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Punjabis  
Han  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pa  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
pan  
chi  

ISO 639 3
pan  
zho  

ISO 639 6
panj  
zho  

Glottocode
panj1256  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Punjabi and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Punjabi and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Punjabi and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Punjabi are spoken in different Punjabi Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Punjabi vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari, Saraiki. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Punjabi and Chinese Speaking population

Punjabi and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Punjabi and Chinese on Punjabi vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Chinese Language Codes

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