Countries
India, Pakistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
India, Pakistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Pakistan
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Not Available
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Hindi Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Hallo
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
dankjewel
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
goedemorgen
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
sorry
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
vaarwel
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
pardon
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Gronings
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Doabi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
pendjabi
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Dutch people
Origin
1000 AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
panj1256
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Not Available
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Punjabi and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Dutch language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Dutch Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.