Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Not Available
French Name
pendjabi
chinois
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
panj1256
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
Punjabi and Chinese 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 Punjabi and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Chinese language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Chinese Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Chinese 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 Punjabi and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.