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Punjabi vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
24   
14

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   
Hai   

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
Selamat pagi   

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   
sila   

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   
maaf   

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
22
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Saraiki   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
5
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Doabi   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
30   
24
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million   
12
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
1.44 %   
11
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
100.00 million   
11
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million   
12
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   
Bahasa melayu   

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

French Name
pendjabi   
malais   

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Availble   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Punjabis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pa   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
pan   
may   

ISO 639 3
pan   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
panj1256   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Punjabi and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Punjabi vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Punjabi and Malaysian language. History of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Punjabi and Malaysian Language History.

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

Punjabi vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Punjabi vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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